Comment by steve1977
1 month ago
Railroads enabled people and goods to move from one place to another much easier and faster.
AI enables people to... produce even more useless slop than before?
1 month ago
Railroads enabled people and goods to move from one place to another much easier and faster.
AI enables people to... produce even more useless slop than before?
At this point I'm taking the word "slop" as a sign meaning "I really didn't think this through and I'm just autocompleting based on a gut feeling and the first word that comes to mind".
Well unfortunately for you, it has a precisely defined and well-understood meaning for all those not covering their eyes and ears in denial. Quoting Merriam-Webster:
> Digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.
Chosen by the editors as word of the year, by the way.
"Slop" in English means "liquid junk, rubbish, tripe". No need to call for Merriam Webster's help.
The point is that AI can produce slop (as people do, too), but it's just silly to imply that everything it can produce is slop. That's just lazy, sloppy thinking.
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That's an easy way out, isn't it?
Using thought terminating clichés in general is, and that can include "slop".
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