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AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it? | Low-quality ‘slop’ generated by AI is crowding out genuine humans across the internet, but instead of regulating it, platforms such as Facebook are positively encouraging it. Where does this end?
Low-quality ‘slop’ generated by AI is crowding out genuine humans across the internet, but instead of regulating it, platforms such as Facebook are positively encouraging it. Where does this end, asks Arwa Mahdawi
(It’s not clear who coined the phrase but “slop” is the advanced iteration of internet spam: low-quality text, videos and images generated by AI.) These didn’t get a lot of attention until Meta executive Connor Hayes told the Financial Times in December that the company had plans to fill its platform with AI characters. I’m not sure why he thought that boasting the platform would soon be full of AI characters talking to each other would go down well, but, it didn’t: Meta swiftly killed off the AI-profiles after they went viral.
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