If you've ever shopped at IKEA, you've had slop in your life. Did it really feel worse than artisanal furniture? Chances are, it solved your problem, and you moved on with your life. So it will be with most consumer software. youtube.com/watch?v=0h8vAGCiRX0
How IKEA Mastered Furniture
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Ikea tried to build a smart home for everyone — here’s why it’s not working yet
The dream of interoperability is still just that.
The Unique Horrors of A.I. Food Slop
Why does it feel so unsettling when restaurants use generative A.I. to create their menus and promotional materials?
The AI-slop menu is disgusting and, sadly, makes perfect sense
Horrifying Reubens and nauseating circle shrimp are hot new menu items.
Digital products and services are getting worse – but the trend can be reversed
A new report from the Norwegian Consumer Council shows how enshittification affects both consumers and society at large. Luckily, it‘s possible to turn the tide.
IKEA PS 2026 Abat-jour suspension - fait main/blanc 90 cm
IKEA PS 2026 Abat-jour suspension - fait main/blanc 90 cm. Créez une atmosphère agréable et chaleureuse dans votre intérieur avec cette lampe en papier qui projette une lumière diffuse et décorative. L'abat-jour diffuse une lumière tamisée et décorative. IKEA of Sweden AB SE-343 81 Älmhult, IKEA.com
I love AI, but it still can't design for shit
Without a critical human eye, AI produces slop. The quality bar is yours to maintain.
For AI Food Slop, Gross Is in the Eye of the Beholder
AI food imagery would still be a problem even if it didn't look horrifying.
Rude Slop Behaviour
This essay aims to introduce social stigma around certain types of AI use, or at the very least, reduce the amount of slop I receive. What is slop? I like the deepfates definition: Watching in real time as “slop” becomes a term of art. the way that “spam” became the
Restaurants face backlash over AI-generated food photos
AI is turning restaurant menus into nightmare fuel.
Opinion | A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It.
Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps.
Opinion | A.I. Slopware Is Everywhere Now. Nobody Is Using It.
Just because A.I. is revolutionizing coding, doesn’t mean it will automatically revolutionize our apps.
I think I've started to figure out that gentle slope the malleable software essay from @inkandswitch.com talked about (where the user gradually becomes an editor or creator). inkandswitch.com/essay/malleable-software/#a-g… I'm comparing Diffuse (a set of components and tools) to food, copy need work tho 😅
