Dave Rahardja@ceejbot Definitely not just you. I mean…Gas Town, enough said.
Social influencers appear to be polarizing into one faction that exploits #aiCRAP to promote their channels, and a second that considers anyone who publishes #AI slop to be devoid of taste or ethics and should be socially shamed—and I think the latter faction is winning. There is a *visceral* reaction in the second faction to anyone who reaches for AI tools to generate #aiSlop, treating them like tasteless thieves. I think I belong to that second faction.
And I think that second faction will only grow stronger. The use of AI-generated slop will increasingly be seen as a sign of a lack of taste, enlightenment, or empathy. Of course, the first faction will embrace it just as it embraces the monetization and exploitation of everything, essentially confirming the suspicions of the latter faction.
I think there is a healthy and powerful critical mass of people who understand AI slop as the dehumanizing force that it is. And I think a discussion of morals and ethics beyond what’s legal is exactly what we need.
I think the potentially existential threat that #AI slop images pose to the world of #art creation is catalyzing an important conversation among both art creators and art consumers about what counts as socially acceptable behavior, and what people should be socially punished for.
Of course, the art community has had its own code of ethics since time eternal, but especially in “the west”, artists have inordinately relied on the *legal* system to define what is and isn’t acceptable. Copyright and Intellectual Property law have largely drowned out all other forms of ethical discussion, even among independents.
But I think #aiSlop is changing that. I hear conversations in diverse communities about the social desirability (or absence thereof) of AI-generated art, and *none* of it is based on the legal framework. Somehow, when it comes to #aiCRAP, what the law says is legal or not is now irrelevant, not because the law doesn’t apply, but because it’s no longer the most important way to frame the question.
Mike DolbowAny fellow #nerds try this out yet? There's actually a lot of settings I would keep. But the ability to quickly turn off so much #AIcrap is tempting. #Win11Debloat
JZehcuobIt's even worth. The negative impact are hard to imagine. A very strong opposition to AI is now vital.
‘AI isn’t going to have any beneficial influence on humans’: Beth Orton on creativity, craft and the inspirational power of David Bowie | Beth Orton | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/14/beth-orton-interview-ai-creativity-craft-david-bowie
#ai #art #creativity #againstai #AICrap
‘AI isn’t going to have any beneficial influence on humans’: Beth Orton on creativity, craft and the inspirational power of David Bowie | Beth Orton | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/14/beth-orton-interview-ai-creativity-craft-david-bowie
#ai #art #creativity #againstai #AICrap
‘AI isn’t going to have any beneficial influence on humans’: Beth Orton on creativity, craft and the inspirational power of David Bowie
Ahead of her new album, the singer-songwriter answers your questions on big 90s nights out, financial survival and the time a whole tube carriage serenaded her
Although #AI #slop does sometimes seep into the real world, the vast majority of it is currently spread online. That means all of us here who are chronically online have a strategically important position, by pure serendipity.
Be that person who never spreads #AI #aiCRAP and #aiPISS. Be that person who refuses to engage with generated slop; who points out AI media in their family chat; who discourages their friends from using chatbots and image generators to solve their problems.
Your voice matters, *especially* online, which is great, because this is where we are, a lot. Build a reputation as a curator of *human* content who consistently rejects AI slop. Be an oasis of sanity in a world collectively losing their minds.
I’m saddened that so many young folks are going through their formative educational years immersed in #AI #slop. There is a good chance that they will internalize AI’s style as their own: a weird kind of uncanny, bland, obsequious, error-filled garbage style.
But I’m also encouraged that many of them recognize that AI is part of the greed and exploitation that is robbing them of their future, and they are soundly rejecting it.
There is hope, and I will try to help to keep that hope going.
A useful sticker to put on #AI images.
The image is transparent! On some devices, you can “lift” the sign and save it as a sticker.
Credit: @mastodonmigration
