Slop Era

Just as factory owners of the 19th century dismissed the skills of their workers in favor of profit and productivity, so do the tech leaders of today dismiss human craft in favor of what they believe is “good enough” productivity. It’s telling that in the development of AI, tech companies often use the term “ median human ” to describe the aspirati... See more

Watching in real time as "slop" becomes a term of art. the way that "spam" became the term for unwanted emails, "slop" is going in the dictionary as the term for unwanted AI generated content

I'm a big proponent of LLMs as tools for personal productivity, and as software platforms for building interesting applications that can interact with human la... See more

“I like it when people make clear artistic decisions,” he said. “In a time of so-called A.I., personality becomes even more important.” Using technology to randomize content and narrative, he added with a laugh, “becomes a little bit garbage.”

If tomorrow's society becomes one chock full o' AI-made drivel, culture shall respond in kind. It can't do anything but. So it has always been and so it shall always be.

Once videos and movies start to look like glossy, melting clay, maybe artists will respond by making stuff that's robotic. Or poorly made on purpose. If the machines start acting m... See more