In the "The only thing to fear is fear itself" category

Did you know what we do is a wicked problem?

It helps explain why even when AI is used to write stories, it still takes a lot of human direction to get it right and not just produce slop.

In systems theory, a wicked problem is a problem that lacks a definitive formulation, a clear stopping rule, and an objectively correct solution. Writing is the ultimate wicked problem, because the context is constantly shifting, a piece is never truly finished editing, and the true metric for success is fundamentally subjective.

Mapping domains along this wickedness spectrum explains why AI dominates certain fields but produces utter slop in others:

https://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-safest-job-from-ai-may-be-writing.html