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The hand-wringing over ‘AI slop’ has reached a fever pitch, but no one can define it

If you’re even minimally attuned to the zeitgeist, you’ve heard the term “AI slop.” It’s a generalized disdain for almost anything generated by “artificial intelligence,” as though the involvement of AI at all renders the product suspect, even dangerous.

It’s easy to say that AI slop is everywhere. “AI slop is clogging your brain,” warns NPR.

The problem with this complaint is that almost no one makes the effort to define “AI slop.” Is it anything produced with AI? Or any such content appearing in social media? AI images produced for commercial advertising? Any such content made to deceive? Or o

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