Infinite AI slop means we are moving away from our the age of information into what Eryk Salvaggio calls ‘the age of noise’.

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What happens if you ask a generative AI image model to show you what Picasso’s work would have looked like if he lived in Japan in the 16th century? Would it produce something totally new, or just mash together stereotypical aesthetics from Picasso’s work, and 16th century Japan? Can generative AI really create anything new if it can only draw from existing imagery?

Further reading:

What I Read About AI in 2025 — by Eryk Salvaggio
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Cybernetic Forests — Eryk’s newsletter on tech and culture

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