[bluefirebrand]

I don't mean to make a personal attack here, but you're one of the names I most associate with being AI positive on this site. In fact that's pretty much the only reason I recognize your name at all. Maybe I've misread your previous posts and the stuff from your blogs that have been posted here, but that's the vibe I've had from you.

That said, slop is going to be a massive, natural, and utterly predictable consequence of AI. I think if you are generally AI positive then you definitely don't get to complain about slop.

[simonw]

I'm actually credited on the Wikipedia page for "slop" for helping spread the term - I wrote about it right as it was emerging https://simonwillison.net/2024/May/8/slop/ and did some press interviews to push it around then too.

I'm up to 40 posts on my blog tagged "slop" now: https://simonwillison.net/tags/slop/

I consider covering AI misuse as part of my "beat" that I write about - there are so many bad ways to apply this stuff, and shining a light on those and explaining why they're bad seems like an important thing to spend time on.

[bluefirebrand]

I suppose if you really believe that there is actually a path forward to responsible AI usage, then more power to you. Best of luck, truly

I don't currently share that belief. I expect AI misuse to be the overwhelming majority of AI usage so personally I'm pretty much against it outright.

I know that's a losing battle though. Your approach is probably the more productive way forward.

[ericfr11]

We should also be cautious to not characterize an article we don't like as slop

[simonw]

I didn't dislike the article for its content. I disliked it for its insincerity - see the piece I quoted for an example.