[Ads-l] Word: Slop: Low quality content generated by an artificial intelligence system

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The term "slop" (analogous to "spam") is now being used to describe
low quality material generated by artificial intelligence systems.

Website: Rolling Stone
Article: Dispatch from Dystopia: The Cult of AI
Author: Robert Evans
Date: January 27, 2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/

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Not long after watching this keynote, I found myself at a panel on
deepfakes and “synthetic information” (the fancy term for AI-generated
slop) hosted by the consulting firm Deloitte.
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Social Network: XTweet
Handle: google bard @deepfates
Timestamp: 9:21 AM · May 6, 2024
https://x.com/deepfates/status/1787472784106639418

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Watching in real time as "slop" becomes a term of art. the way that
"spam" became the term for unwanted emails, "slop" is going in the
dictionary as the term for unwanted AI generated content
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Social Network: XTweet
Handle: Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK @doctorow
Timestamp: 3:42 PM · May 13, 2024
https://x.com/doctorow/status/1790105470256165275

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Whether or not AI "art" will ever be good art isn't what our bosses
are thinking about when they pay for AI licenses: rather, they are
calculating that they have so much market power that they can sell
whatever slop the AI makes.
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Garson

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