Watching in real time as “slop” becomes a term of art. the way that “spam” became the term for unwanted emails, “slop” is going in the dictionary as the term for unwanted AI generated content

TIL

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (5 children)

But there is no "spam-core" aesthetic

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure there is, it's the weirdos who print out emails (or print literally everything).

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

This is most likely an error in space-time.

[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I beg to differ

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Well, there is James Veitch and similar comedians turning spam into part of their art.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago

extended warranties have become a meme, and probably are an aesthetic

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wasnt "slop" used before AI to describe something bad and masse produced on the internet?

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Not even the internet specifically, but often media in general. It comes from the use of "slop" as the mix of garbage that you pour into a feeding trough for pigs. Basically junk that companies think people will gobble up regardless of the quality.