In my opinion, AI Slop is content made with AI that is low effort. People feel and know the quality of something, and if it feels like slop, it feels like slop.

AI being used is not a deal breaker for me as long as the product is good. AI isn’t magic and it takes skills and knowledge to use it and to judge what the model outputs.

You may see it differently however, some might believe that the use of any AI tools whatsoever turns any app into slop the moment the first commit with AI code in it is made.

What do you think, what does AI Slop mean to you?

  • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I call it slop when it was generated by AI and not carefully reviewed (and probably tweaked) by a human that understands the output.

    Code written not by a software developer? Slop.

    Code written by a software developer that just shipped it without understanding it? Slop.

    Code written by a software developer that went through subsequent review, testing, and adjustment? “AI-assisted”, maybe?

    Replace code with any other industry and the same principle applies.

    I generally equate slop with human laziness, even though the actual “quality” of the slop still varies.