[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.