Comment

Comment on Industrial Light & Magic's Chief Creative Promotes AI Slop During His TED Talk

mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m more sick of hearing “slop slop slop slop slop” than I am of hearing about AI at this point. People sling slop around like it’s some sort of brave, heroic, destructive insult, leaving AI users in tears and shambles in its wake. Ironic considering a complaint against AI is that it regurgitates the same characteristic bit of content over and over again mindlessly. But even ChatGPT would have the writing skill to cycle in some other adjectives, my goodness.

source

Sort:hotnew top

junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I don’t think anyone using the term “slop” thinks it’s brave or leaving anyone else in tears and shambles. I’m fairly certain when folks say they’re tired of AI slop they literally mean they’re tired of AI slop.

source
- JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You wouldn’t be calling it “slop” if you thought a human made it in photoshop, which means your judgement isn’t actually based on the quality of the image.
  
  What’s the point of calling it “slop”, then? What is “slop” even supposed to mean if it’s not describing quality?
  
  source
  - faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    You wouldn’t be calling it “slop” if you thought a human made it in photoshop, which means your judgement isn’t actually based on the quality of the image.
    
    www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=photoslop
    
    source
    JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Anyone can write anything on UrbanDictionary. How often do you actually see that term being used?
    
    source
drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Are you a native english speaker? Just curious.

source
- mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Yeeees although I feel like I’m walking into a trap rn
  
  source
  - drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Not a trap, it’s just that “slop” is an english word that has a relevant meaning in this context. It’s not like it’s just made up slang for describing AI stuff.
    
    source
    mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Oh, yeah, I know. My issue is more about the word being reused so much. Whenever I see a word take off memetically like that I feel like it’s usually accompanied by a lack of deep thought. Almost like a thought-terminating cliche.
    
    source
    -> View More Comments
chunes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Completely agreed. AI haters pride themselves on being creative, but they can’t form an original thought on the topic.

source