9 July 2026 - AI slop
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AI is a tool that makes it easier to create stuff, whether beautiful
stuff or crummy stuff. AI slop comes from people who think that crummy
stuff has value, because in the past, human attention lent it some. AI
makes the world better, people make the world worse. AI has to improve a
lot before it can make the world worse on its own. But that's OK, people
are working on it.
clue:
Crime that exploits computer security weaknesses is similar. AI makes
the crime easier. It equally makes defense against the crime easier. If
anyone bothers.
I expect that AI slop will fall to a modest level after a while. It will
lose what its creators perceive as its value.
take oh take this clue away
copyright 2026 Jay J.P. Scott
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