AI slop!

What is AI slop and what does history tell us about its staying power!

Going through social-media posts this month, you’ll trip over it: the phrase AI slop. It’s usually attached to a photo of a shimmering waterfall that never existed, a suspiciously generic recipe, or a news explainer that reads like a sleep-deprived parrot wrote it. The insult is punchy, visceral, and weirdly satisfying, akin to splattering a tomato on a…