First came ‘spam’. Now, with AI, we’ve got ‘slop’.

Slop, at least in the fast-moving world of online message boards, is a broad term that has developed some traction in reference to shoddy or unwanted AI content in social media, art, books and, increasingly, in search results. — Image by freepik

You may not know exactly what “slop” means in relation to artificial intelligence. But on some level you probably do.

Slop, at least in the fast-moving world of online message boards, is a broad term that has developed some traction in reference to shoddy or unwanted AI content in social media, art, books and, increasingly, in search results.