AI slop resources

1. 01 · Simon Willison's Weblog

   Slop is the new spam

   The post that popularised the word. Short, precise, and useful as a working definition: unrequested, unreviewed AI content pushed at people.

2. 02 · Cory Doctorow — Pluralistic

   Enshittification

   The economics under the slop: platforms degrade the thing users came for once they are locked in. Slop is what fills the space left behind.

3. 03 · Google Search Central

   Google's own guidance on scaled content abuse

   Read what the largest distributor of slop officially forbids. It is also the clearest published description of the tactics being used.

4. 04 · Poynter

   How to spot AI-generated images

   Practical fact-checking habits: reverse image search, provenance, and why the classic tells (hands, text, reflections) keep shifting.

5. 05 · TinEye

   Reverse image search, no account needed

   First reflex when an image feels too convenient. If it appears nowhere before yesterday, treat it as generated until proven otherwise.

6. 06 · Content Authenticity Initiative

   Content Credentials (C2PA)

   Check whether a file carries provenance metadata. Absence proves nothing; presence occasionally saves you an argument.

7. 07 · Center for Humane Technology

   Take Control

   Non-commercial, no upsell. The best free starting point for cutting the feed back down to a human size.

8. 08 · The Markup

   The Markup / investigative tech reporting

   Human reporting on algorithms, with methodology published. A good calibration sample for what non-slop reads like.

Oct 29, 2026#159

I Finally Found Someone Who Understands Me: Myself

Why endure the agonizing friction of another human being when an AI algorithm can inject your own ego straight into your veins? Have you cuddled your mirror today?

#loneliness#ai-companions#ai-slop

Oct 20, 2026#150

The Sentence Suffered Sudden Cardiac Arrest

When the campus router crashed, twenty-two keyboards froze mid-sentence. Did your brain just log out too?

#education#students#writing

Oct 11, 2026#141

Is This Thing On? Testing, 1, 2…

I follow all the rules, I ship my dose daily, I tell the algorithm what it wants to hear about AI addiction, but I’m still on page nine. Am I high, or is Google the dealer who cut me off?

#seo-purgatory#ai-slop#loneliness

Oct 2, 2026#132

Is This Blinking Cursor Judging Me?

I can feel my brain cells going into withdrawal, but these feeds full of uncanny AI slop just aren't the same quality of hit. Is this AI addiction, or just a slow Tuesday?

#ai addiction#withdrawal#burnout

Sep 23, 2026#123

My Dealer Is Cutting the Product

I swear this stuff was purer six months ago. Is my AI addiction just getting more expensive for a worse high, or is that the business plan?

#ai-addiction#ai-enshittification#ai-slop

Sep 14, 2026#114

My AI boyfriend thinks I’m perfect

He never argues, he validates my every thought, and his name is ✨. The problem with my perfect AI relationship is... what was the problem again?

#intimacy#loneliness#ai-slop

Sep 5, 2026#105

My Porn Algorithm Is My Soulmate

It knows my desires better than any human ever has; it even finishes my sentences. Is this AI the most intimate relationship I'll ever have?

#intimacy#relationships#algorithms

Aug 27, 2026#96

My Thumb Just Keeps Scrolling

I open the app, my thumb flickers, and the AI slop keeps refreshing forever. Is this infinite feed an entertainment product, or a sophisticated attention trap?

#doomscrolling#ai-slop#attention

Aug 12, 2026#83

All Art Is Prompt Art Now

I used to make things, but managing an AI model’s output is so much more fulfilling. Is your pathetic human creativity still getting in the way?

#art#creativity#ai-slop

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