It was originally coined to mean low-quality material that was obviously generated by AI, like pictures of humans with distorted features and the wrong number of fingers.
But a whole bunch of people have decided that anything generated by AI is "slop", regardless of quality.
It's absolutely obnoxious, especially when people label things as "slop" when AI was merely used for brainstorming and the final product does not contain any AI-generated material at all.
I think a big part of the 'slop' term should be associated with people who use it to either deceive others or just flood a place with low quality stuff.
It is a matter of opinion but many brandish the term around a little to freely. Some times justified, other times just folks trying to grab some power over others.
FWIW "slop" seems to have become a more general slang nowadays, i see people use it on Discord and Twitch to describe all sorts of stuff often unrelated to AI.
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The term "AI slop" has lost all meaning.
It was originally coined to mean low-quality material that was obviously generated by AI, like pictures of humans with distorted features and the wrong number of fingers.
But a whole bunch of people have decided that anything generated by AI is "slop", regardless of quality.
It's absolutely obnoxious, especially when people label things as "slop" when AI was merely used for brainstorming and the final product does not contain any AI-generated material at all.
I think a big part of the 'slop' term should be associated with people who use it to either deceive others or just flood a place with low quality stuff.
It is a matter of opinion but many brandish the term around a little to freely. Some times justified, other times just folks trying to grab some power over others.
FWIW "slop" seems to have become a more general slang nowadays, i see people use it on Discord and Twitch to describe all sorts of stuff often unrelated to AI.
“I really liked this until I found out it was AI slop.”
That one really grinds my gears.