AI slop

A statue of a man, waist up, submerged underwater and covered in bright orange shrimp. There is a halo of shrimp above his head.
A statue of a man floating high over the ocean. Aside from the head and some of his torso, he is made up of shrimp and ocean plants that blend and meld with each other.
A crustacean man underwater, with a stone head, neck, and hands. His body and arms are a sort of lobster-crab shell, and he has a dozen long crab legs sprouting from his sides.
The multitude of AI-generated images of a "Shrimp Jesus" are a commonly used example of slop.[1][2][3]

"AI slop", often simply "slop", is a derogatory term for low-quality media, including writing and images, made using generative artificial intelligence technology, characterized by an inherent lack of effort, logic, or purpose.[1][4][5] Coined in the 2020s, the term has a pejorative connotation akin to "spam".[4]

It has been variously defined as "digital clutter", "filler content produced by AI tools that prioritize speed and quantity over substance and quality",[6] and "shoddy or unwanted AI content in social media, art, books and, increasingly, in search results".[7]

Jonathan Gilmore, a philosophy professor at the City University of New York, describes the "incredibly banal, realistic style" of AI slop as being "very easy to process".[8]

  1. ^ a b Hern, Alex; Milmo, Dan (19 May 2024). "Spam, junk ... slop? The latest wave of AI behind the 'zombie internet'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ Notopoulos, Katie. "Why doesn't Facebook just ban AI slop like Shrimp Jesus?". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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  4. ^ a b Read, Max (25 September 2024). "Drowning in Slop". Intelligencer. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  5. ^ "How Long Will A.I.'s 'Slop' Era Last?". The New York Times. 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ Hughes, Johnny (3 September 2024). "How Businesses Can Avoid AI Slop". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT-2024a was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "The deluge of bonkers AI art is literally surreal". Washington Post. 30 June 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

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