An article with an AI generated picture? An commit by Claude? A vibecoded bash script?
Each of abominations listed makes perpetrator dumber and in the same time helps the Big Lying Machine spread its viral madness to more victims.
Why do we condemn the people doing that?
Because ostracism is the last stand of those who, while unable to save the mankind as a whole, are trying to save enough enclaves of sanity to let our species survive.
We are making our bubble smaller everyday by excluding everything and everyone "impure".
Because in the face of an outbreak of the brain eating virus known for its almost 100% fatality rate and no known cure the quarantine is a must.
First, #siliconiac victim does a small generation of the funny picture for an article they write themselves, then they are tempted to "just polish" their next. They'll swear that they 'd do fact-check every generated sentence, and first they do, but virus got in – soon they are mere protein based point of contamination for many in their vicinity.