The Rise of AI Slop: Impact on Online Authenticity

This chapter examines the emergence of AI-generated content, popularly termed 'AI slop,' and its significant negative effects on the internet landscape. It explores the proliferation of inauthentic content across social media platforms, raising concerns about authenticity and user experiences in niche communities.

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This episode is an exploration of into the rise and consequences of AI slop— how and why the internet has become overrun with disturbing and bizarre mass-produced brainrot content devoid of meaning and if that means the internet actually is becoming less human– or maybe even dead.

Timestamps:

00:42 Intro

3:04 What is AI Slop?

9:07 The Dead Internet Theory

14:21 How platforms have responded to AI Slop

16:27 Engagement farming & capitalising on confusion

17:44 Ragebait& discriminatory AI memes

19:49 The consequences of AI slop

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