Without a critical human eye, AI produces slop. The quality bar is yours to maintain.
AI Slop is Killing Online Communities
Like a young child coming home from kindergarten with their latest crayon scrawls, the internet is currently awash with people sharing their AI-generated work. And just like the young child’s drawings, much of that work should be proudly put up on the walls within the artist’s house—and no further.
AI is ushering in an age of personal media
It may be AI slop, but it's my AI slop.
A defense of AI art
It's not just slop, it's not stolen, it's not bad for the environment, and we should want art to be easy to make
AI's aesthetics of failure
On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop
AI video is moving beyond clip slop
AI companies don’t just want Hollywood using AI for video, but for everything.
Good design hasn’t changed with AI — John Pham, SF Compute
Enough AI copilots! We need AI HUDs
In my opinion, one of the best critiques of modern AI design comes from a 1992 talk by the researcher Mark Weiser where he ranted against “copilot” as a metaphor for AI.
Which AI brands have the most satisfied users?
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.
What Would A Serious AI Product Look Like?
Every “AI” tool is missing critical features that you would need if you wanted to do real work with them. What would those look like, if they existed?
AI Is a Waste of Time
The newest AI tools are accelerating basic research and scaring the general public. But many people are simply using them as toys.
AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone
Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
Is AI ruining… fashion?
There are compelling reasons to believe that slop is no longer just limited to the internet. From AI design tools to trend scraping and fast fashion… This video makes a compelling argument that AI plays a role in why so few fashion brands have unique identities anymore. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaxXspZQYkc]
Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI
AI is junk food for the mind: easy, tempting and ultimately very bad for you.
AI slop has hit the science communicators