Colin MDec 16

Going to start referring to people bringing ai “art” etc where it’s not wanted, as Sloperatives.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2025-is-ais-slop

Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2025 is AI 'slop'

"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

PBS News
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Show threadColin M
No, you’re not a “prompt engineer”, you’re a sloperator.
Dec 16 at 4:02amWeb
Show threadBen BuchananDec 16
@vonExplaino and your admin is a Syslop
Show threadSome GuyDec 16
@vonExplaino So that's what they are calling them now....prompt engineers? Just wow.
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Dec 16
@someguy @vonExplaino The irony being the software developers using AI tools are often not faster, so therefore not "prompt".
Show threadpizzapalDec 16
@stuartl @someguy @vonExplaino im a modern day john henry becuz i converted pdfs into csvs with popplerutils & sed & grep faster than al (albeit a crap version) could do teh same thing
Show threadpizzapalDec 16
@stuartl @someguy @vonExplaino and im not dead
Show threadalejandroDec 16
@pizzapal [Citation needed] 😜
Show threadMarweDec 17
@pizzapal @stuartl @someguy @vonExplaino how did make them hallucinate?
-h always shows me only the same manual-style slop...
Show threadpizzapalDec 18
@Marwe @stuartl @someguy @vonExplaino use -hb to make hallucinatory bees come our of your conputer
Show threadbazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵Dec 16
@someguy @vonExplaino yep, and people who poop out AI imagery are "generative artists" 
Show threadCole MinorDec 16
@vonExplaino "now"? Just because everyone seems to have discovered AI yesterday doesn't mean prompt engineers never existed before then.
Show threadmalteDec 16
@someguy @vonExplaino i'll brace myself for the inevitable prompt architects, then 😬
Show threadmalteDec 16
@someguy @vonExplaino also, is it "prompt evangelist" or "teleprompter"? 🤔
Show threadGeorg Arne SpendenDec 16
@malte @someguy @vonExplaino promptologists
Show threadmalteDec 30
aichitect
Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireDec 20
@someguy @vonExplaino starting to agree with Canadian universities that you shouldn't be able to call yourself an engineer until and unless you accept that you are responsible for the lives of the people who use your work
Show threadMay Likes TorontoDec 22

@WizardOfDocs Just to clarify, it's not universities, but provincial level regulators for the profession that's enforcing this.

@someguy @vonExplaino

Show threadArmin HanischDec 16
@vonExplaino I‘m totally going to steal „sloperator“! Thanks!
Show threadbg nerilexDec 16
@vonExplaino `sloperator` would also be a great name for `~=` or `=~`, but the proposed usage meets the needs of out times significantly better.
Show thread💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱Dec 16
@vonExplaino
OMG. This needs to be word of the year next year! 😂
Show threadzaicurityDec 16
@vonExplaino a smooth sloperator sloperating correctly?
Show threadColin MDec 16
@zaicurity Cue Sade
Show threadSara Joy Dec 16
@vonExplaino @zaicurity oh my quote post was very slow to the joke hahaha
Show threadFeliDec 17

@vonExplaino @zaicurity

"No, you're not a police officer commanding cutting-edge technology to society's benefit, you're a ___" 😄

Show threadMoritz NegwerDec 16
@vonExplaino and if the resulting work makes you fall asleep, it's not "boring" or "sleep inducing", it's sloporific.
Show threadŁukasz (woo-cash)Dec 16
@vonExplaino @aesthr smoooooth slo-pe-ra-tor
Show threadGinevraCatDec 16
@vonExplaino Gold. Absolute gold.
Show threadGabriel NDec 16

@vonExplaino sure, but are you a Smooth Sloperator?

#AIateMyHomework

Show threadOzzelot Dec 16
@vonExplaino
With my pocket slopulator
Show threadcake-dukeDec 16
@vonExplaino Engineering (and science more generally) has such a good brand name, that you slap it next to anything and that thing instantly sounds respectable. That's the reason why bullshit terms like "prompt engineer" exist.
Show threadStarkRGDec 16
@vonExplaino "Sloperator" is good, but I think I still prefer "prompt fondler"
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Dec 16
@vonExplaino 👍
Show threadBarry RowlingsonDec 16
@vonExplaino I only do slopless work now.
Show threadMoritz NegwerDec 16
@geospacedman @vonExplaino Good for you, it'd be a sloppery slope otherwise. Before you know it, the desire to play the slop machine can become overwheLLMing.
Show threadSencha Wizard 🍵🧙‍♂️Dec 16
@vonExplaino cruel sloperator?
Show threadklu9Dec 16

@senchawizard @vonExplaino

BSFH: Bastard Sloperator From Hell

Show threadPsycodepathDec 16

@vonExplaino Had a fun time the Last hour fixing the reimplementation of vues reactivity inside a vue project.

Half an hour was Just understanding what He actually wanted to achieve. After it made "click" we just deleted all the slob and reimplemented the Feature in the call.

<s> Really feel the productivity increase.... I mean AI enabled us to do Team Work and get the Job efficiently done! </s>

Show threadjon crowcroftDec 16
@vonExplaino impromptu...
Show threadStumpy The MuttDec 16
@vonExplaino Adding "sloperator" to my lexicon!
Show threadNartagnan ⏚Dec 16

@vonExplaino

Thank you.
I translated it in a picture.

Show threadDaniel JonssonDec 16
@vonExplaino lol
Show threadBussedDuckDec 16
@vonExplaino I couldn't even go to the dentist today without being subjected to AI slop. Now I'm looking for a new dentist, not a dentislopt.
Show threadxoroxDec 16
@vonExplaino slopooperator
Show threadDer GigaDec 17

@vonExplaino In Germany we still chuckle about an Hausmeister being called a "facility manager" in corporate speak. Sounds like a lot of hybris to us.

Calling a sloperative an "engineer" is hurtfully offensive to me.
And I'm not even working in a field that has engineers.

Show threadJonathan YuDec 17
@vonExplaino Smooth sloperator 🎶
Show thread🌙 ▪️▪️▪️ 🦇Dec 17
@vonExplaino *smooth operator earworm*
Show threadAgarwaënDec 17
@vonExplaino A devsloper ?
Show threadDr Andrew A. Adams #FBPE 🔶Dec 17
@vonExplaino @rene_mobile
I regret that I can only retoot and like this once, it's so good.
Show threadValerio BozzDec 18
@vonExplaino I'm surprised nobody replied "DevOps" and "SlopOps" - but at this point... Ops → Whops 🤓
Show threadZashDec 22
@boz @vonExplaino DevSlops?
Show threadHeliographDec 20
@vonExplaino and not even smooth that is 
Show threadMugita SokioDec 20

There's one problem with it: nobody wants to learn how to properly engineer prompts and make AI-genned stuff look good to the human eye.

My PFP is generated using an AI model, and I prompted that sort of thing.

What you're doing seems to be a trolling issue. While I'm not an AI bro, I use AI as a tool rather than an outright replacement.

This is why people are getting replaced by AI in the art sphere for turning it too political.

Show threadMulti Purr Puss Dec 20
@vonExplaino *sings* "SMOOTH SLOPERATOR"... 😅
Show threadChris MillsDec 20
@vonExplaino "I'm the Sloperator of my Pocket Combobulator"?
Show threadEino KeskitaloDec 22
@vonExplaino if you do it just this once, in a pinch, even if you really shouldn't, in a real hurry to meet just this one deadline, maybe forget to replace it for the release ... it's a sloppery slip
Show threadMajor Denis BloodnokDec 23
@vonExplaino I quite like "botlicker" and "promptfondler"...