AI slop
It's not slop because it was created by an AI. It's slop because it's slop. I just read the first two pages of a sci-fi novel on my Kindle. The author proudly proclaims that the 400-page book was created without any AI whatsoever. Alas, the book is slop. The writing is overwrought and the dialogue is banal. If a page isn't worth writing, it's unlikely a chapter is.
@thisissethsblog You're right. Slop is slop. The difference isn't qualitative; it's quantitative.
When producing slop becomes this easy and cheap, content does what spam did to email. Email didn't die, but it became a mere utility for bills and school—a dirty digital extension of the real world. So filtered that most people don't realize their messages are lost or continually rejected.
Content itself won't die because humanity craves a story as much as anything. The road will be tough, and it's a shame it couldn't have been nicer. But it's human nature to probe and find the next exploit. We can't help it.
We will find a way.
Seths.blog
Moshe Eshel