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jbz<p>Forget JS fatigue, prepare for Multiverse fatigue thinkpieces.</p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/disney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disney</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/marvel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marvel</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Yora<p>Hey, I got a great idea for a new tech startup:</p><p>Structural Engineering AI Assistant Ltd.*</p><p>(*Service only available in the United States.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/aislop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aislop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Yora<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@midnightspire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>midnightspire</span></a></span> Even when it's code, it's still slop.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
schnittchen 🏳️‍🌈​ :neocat_flag_gay: :neocat_flag_polyam:<p>I just searched for "editor in chief" using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botsin.space/@duckduckgo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>duckduckgo</span></a></span> and look what it served me:</p><p>The first regular hit is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor-in-chief" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor-i</span><span class="invisible">n-chief</span></a>. But the "quoted text" below it does not sound like Wikipedia at all:</p><p>&gt; Learn about the role and responsibilities of an editor-in-chief, who is the editorial leader of a publication with final responsibility for its operations and policies. Find out how the term is used in newspapers, magazines, journals, and academic publications.</p><p>They are unable to give me a proper summary but serve me some uninformative vague "engaging" slop instead. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Tim Woodruff :verified:<p>ABSOLUTELY. THE. FUCK. NOT. <br>You will NEVER catch me selling any of my books in audiobook format with an AI generated voice. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a> @edzitron</p>
Philipp Waldhauer<p>Wer kennt es nicht, Element 17, die Hokusai Welle. <a href="https://norden.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
dallo<p>Don’t Get Scammed! Tips For Spotting AI-Generated Fake Products Online <a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2025/03/25/detecting-ai-products/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bellingcat.com/resources/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/25/detecting-ai-products/</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Bellingcat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bellingcat</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
t3hh<p>it's only a matter of time before <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> come up with an "AI filter" that emulates the current <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/aesthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aesthetics</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Yora<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dice.camp/@epidiah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Epidiah</span></a></span> Since slop can always only be average and generic, the best way to mark something as human-made is to make it look weird in a unique way.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Yora<p>Finding a video on youtube about a niche history topic I am greatly interested in.</p><p>After the introduction, it is advertising for an AI slop generator.</p><p>How can I believe a single word this man says if he thinks a slop bot that is producing disinformation is a good tool to find information on the internet?<br>His entire channel is now tainted.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>Here's hoping the scrapers will just slop it up!</p><p>Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/cloudflare-turns-ai-against-itself-with-endless-maze-of-irrelevant-facts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/clo</span><span class="invisible">udflare-turns-ai-against-itself-with-endless-maze-of-irrelevant-facts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cloudflare</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
José María (Chema) Mateos<p>Tenemos todas estas marcas pero no nos podemos permitir pagar a un diseñador. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rinzewind.org/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Sérgio Isidoro<p>Finally it happened, my prompt injection on linkedin worked!</p><p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Stefan Bohacek<p>"The new feature would likely be an unwelcome one for users who would rather keep comments AI-free on Instagram, especially those who believe their friends deserve genuine comments as opposed to AI slop."</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta-spotted-testing-ai-generated-comments-on-instagram/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta</span><span class="invisible">-spotted-testing-ai-generated-comments-on-instagram/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Phogna Bologna<p>In the neverending battle against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a>, I did discover that physiatry is a real thing!</p>
Pseudo Nym<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@nini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nini</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@mattgade" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mattgade</span></a></span> </p><p>It's not even that it is AI <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a>, but that it takes an idea I think most folks here already agree with, and tries to present it with fake bona fides.</p><p>The implication is that someone cared enough to pay to put up a billboard on a public place. Social proof.</p><p>The message itself could have just been text, posted, even as a big image. </p><p>But whoever the original creator was chose to present it this way for more impact. </p><p>I'll agree with the point, but not the delivery</p>
J$<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@NOSRSS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NOSRSS</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/pivottoai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pivottoai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
🇪🇷Götterdämmerung<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Traiken" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Traiken</span></a></span> </p><p>Reminds me of Ted Gioia's Aesthetics of <a href="https://glitch.social/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a>. They both criticizes the same thing, but from different POVs. </p><p>Where the New Socialist links Ai to fascist aesthetics (ai content embodies reactionary, hierarchical ideology that favors rigid structure, artificial perfection &amp; control over the messy) Gioia's argument is a political one: the degradation of standards. </p><p>Gioia attacks corporate influences (Spotify-core music, low rent Netflix originals, etc)</p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@tedgioia/p-157570568" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/@tedgioia/p-15757</span><span class="invisible">0568</span></a></p>
Yora<p>Some nutjobs say AI slop is the future.</p><p>But why do LLM image generators still have only a single art style? That's supposed to be the future?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></p>
Space Hobo<p>How do I permanently disable the <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/Slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slop</span></a> features on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://botsin.space/@duckduckgo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>duckduckgo</span></a></span> without allowing them to store cookies on my machine? I use cookie-autodelete, but ddg has always been decent enough from a fresh profile every time. Now they're inserting generated nonsense at the top and the only way to turn it off is to click the settings each time.</p><p>The CSS all seems to be random hashes, so I can't just uBlock the element by style information.</p>