AI is here to stay. There will most likley be some crash in the near future, but Pandaora is let the evil out of her the box and AI will remain part of our reality in some shape or form.

The way language goes i personally expect the word “slop” to change into a neutral term, maybe as a way to describe that something is using AI, but without the negative connotation the word carries today. I can imagine this to happen within the next five to ten years. There may very much be a Windows 12 add that empasizes how much slop they used to make it.

  • imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works
    332·
    3 days ago

    “slop” isn’t a word that was invented for AI, it’s always been used to describe something disorganized and messy.

    As long as AI produces disorganized, messy content, that content is “slop”.

    • GloomyDorje@lemmy.worldOP
      21·
      2 days ago

      Always?

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slop_(clothing)

      In 16th- to 19th-century Europe and North America, the slop trade was the manufacture and sale of slop, cheap ready-made clothing

      By semantic change, “slop”, which had once related to the procurement of naval clothing, was applied generally to ready-made garments. By a further semantic change during the 19th century, “slop” became a term applied to all clothing that was not skillfully tailor-made for the customer: so might refer to machine-cut and machine-stitched garments, those made by apprentices or those less skilled, and those sold second-hand. The connotation of low quality carried over to boots, and furniture.

      Words do change over time.

      • imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works
        21·
        2 days ago

        Always?

        Nope.

        Words do change over time.

        Did someone tell you words never change? My comment must have been a revelation for you.

        You’re welcome!

        Go look up “etymology”, the whole field is going to blow your mind.

        • GloomyDorje@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          2 days ago

          “slop” isn’t a word that was invented for AI, it’s always been used to describe something disorganized and messy.

          • imeansurewhynot@sh.itjust.works
            31·
            2 days ago

            Oh, I see your confusion.

            Very good! You did a very good job!

            Sometimes words have more than one definition! While “slop” has(yes) always described something messy and disorganized, sometimes, like many other words, “slop” can also, at the same time, have other definitions, and will continue to evolve over time, like most words.