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

• drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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  • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s exactly what’s happening.

      Look at comments above like

      may you get the future you are hoping for

      A lot of people aren’t interested in learning about AI as it stands today they’re worried about the future.

      They see massive corporations trying to replace artists.

      If the output is “good” they might just succeed, if the output is “slop” then they can dream of a market solution where consumers band together to look at AI ads/art as lazy and artists get to keep their jobs.

      If someone hates AI because of power politics, they’re not trying to speak objectively about it, because that objectivity is perceived to support the tech billionaires who are trying to push AI so hard.

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