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In recent years, artificial intelligence has rapidly invaded our lives. We come across its products every day - from automatic translators and chatbots to generated pictures, music or even books. But with that came a new concept that is being actively discussed by the media and communities - the AI slop, which can be translated into Ukrainian as "SHI-pomiy" (taken from Wikipedia).
The term is almost always used in a negative context. I often see it on Twitter/X in the messages of artists about brands that, having budgets, use AI-slop instead of supporting artists
Definition
AI slop is low-quality, mass-generated artificial intelligence content that does not carry real value, but fills the information space. These can be texts, images, videos or even products made "so it was", without depth and human thought.
In simple words: AI-slop is an informational "fast food", which is quickly created, spreads en masse and just as quickly gets boring.
Signs of an AI slop
- Superficiality - the material looks familiar, but it lacks novelty or analysis.
- Stamps and clichés - texts with a bunch of common phrases
- Lack of emotions - artificial intelligence imitates style, but it is difficult for it to convey the author's real experience or unique voice.
- Massiveness - such content is often flooded with hundreds of pages, sites or channels just for SEO or clicks.
- Visual artificiality - the pictures look "too correct", but if you look closely, you can see strange hands, unrealistic faces or artifacts (so far, it will be more difficult to distinguish AI from real content in the future).
Why the AI Slop Comes In
- Cheapness of production - creating thousands of texts through a neural network is much easier than ordering from a copywriter.
- The desire to earn quickly - AI content sites try to collect traffic from search engines.
- Algorithmic pursuit - social networks and platforms reward the number of posts and activity, not quality.
- Lack of control - there are still no clear rules that separate really useful content from "digital garbage".
Consequences of the spread of the AI slop
- Information noise - useful materials are harder to find among a bunch of pseudo-articles.
- Decreased trust - people start to doubt any content, even quality content.
- Impairment of creativity - when the market is full of soulless robotic robots, the work of real authors is lost.
- Manipulations - AI is easy to use to misinformation or impose certain opinions.
Is all AI content = slop?
No. It is important to distinguish useful application of AI i spam production. For example:
- Good: the artist uses AI to generate sketches, which he then refines manually.
- Bad: the site floods Google with hundreds of identical "articles" about cold treatment, rewritten by the neural network.
Artificial intelligence can be a powerful tool, if it helps a person to open up, and does not replace meaning with empty words.
AI slop is a symptom of our digital age: when technology allows you to generate endless arrays of texts and pictures, but does not add meaning. It is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish quality from garbage, so the responsibility lies with both readers and creators.
Artificial intelligence can help a person, but the true value of content is born where the author's experience, emotions and opinion are.
A typical picture, which can be called an AI-slop, has been generated on the cover. Interestingly, AI often uses the same patterns (colors, style, etc.). Most likely, you have already seen pictures drawn (generated in this style).
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