I imagine the use of this term comes from the name for the leftover foodstuff that gets fed to pigs, usually from a bucket.
As a small scale pig farmer, I approve of the use of this term; I care enough about the welfare of my pigs that I would never risk feeding them anything that would be considered slop. Plus, pigs fed with slop usually end up tasting bad, because they are what they eat.
A wonderfully apt metaphor that reflects both the voracious appetites of modern AI systems and the resulting quality of the results.
The "original" word, which "slop" came to existence, would have set internet on deeper fire if it got out of /pol/ today in light of events in israel and palestine.
Contrast? Not that I know of. Slip is a type of collision resolution that allows obstacles to slide off each other instead of just stopping. Similar to a circle rolling with slipping down an incline.
They're right. Slop being an actual word used in common parlance does not explain its connection to media or AI. "Goyslop", which is often used in shortened form as just "slop", has a huge presence on 4chan. "AI slop" was first used there back in 2022, and it's grown in usage since. Using the word slop specifically about media and AI in particular would have no cultural penetration if not for 4chan, and, by extention, /pol/'s "goyslop". Although 4chan's influence on online culture isn't what it used to be, it's still notable. You'll find tons of people using "goyslop" on twitter, for example.
No, and your post disproves it. The term is well older than 4chan and the relevant noun meaning (the "semiliquid food" sense) dates back to 1650: https://www.etymonline.com/word/slop I'm not sure if that encompasses "pig slop" which is what this is really tapping into, but that has been around at least my whole life and I'm older than 4chan too.
I assume the comment was deleted for pointing out it’s a sterilized version of 4chan’s “goyslop” which refers to meritless, poorly made, post-Obama modern media like what you would see on Netflix, and not AI.
Eh, the internet is full of garbage SEO-spam already. We have a word for that, which is enshittification, which imo correctly identifies the root perpetrators of the problem: platform owners utilizing monopolies.
I don't see why we need a word for AI-generated garbage specifically, not yet at least.
Like if I go onto google maps and search "Best restaurants in my area" it's going to 100% recommend fast-food chains that have purchased product placement. I don't feel AI plays a significant role in bad recommendations at this point, and to blaming/stopping AI wouldn't really help.
Platform *decay seems inadequate though because it fails to make the distinction that the platform is declining specifically in quality and likely NOT in use.
Also I wouldn't call a particular blog post's content "enshittification" anyway. "Enshittification" is a process, not a particular type of content. We have plenty of terms for the latter, like "SEO spam" or "rage bait". I don't see anything wrong with someone trying to come up with a shorthand term for "unwanted AI-generated content"
As a small scale pig farmer, I approve of the use of this term; I care enough about the welfare of my pigs that I would never risk feeding them anything that would be considered slop. Plus, pigs fed with slop usually end up tasting bad, because they are what they eat.
A wonderfully apt metaphor that reflects both the voracious appetites of modern AI systems and the resulting quality of the results.