AI Slop
noviceLow-quality, AI-generated content that floods online platforms. Characterized by generic writing, factual errors, and lack of genuine insight. Often created at scale for SEO manipulation or content farming.
Overview
AI slop refers to the deluge of mediocre AI-generated content polluting the internet. As content generation becomes trivially easy, bad actors produce massive amounts of low-quality articles, social media posts, and fake reviews. The term "slop" captures the unappetizing nature of this content—technically edible but nutritionally worthless. It degrades search results, fills social media with engagement bait, and makes finding genuine human insight increasingly difficult. AI slop represents a tragedy of the commons: individually rational content generation that collectively degrades the information ecosystem.
Key Concepts
Content Farming
Mass production of AI content to capture search traffic or ad revenue.
SEO Manipulation
Using AI to generate content optimized for search engines rather than readers.
Dead Internet Theory
The concern that AI content will eventually outnumber human content online.