How I Work AI slop explained: Why it’s everywhere and what to do about it
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Sep 7, 2025 Neo Aplin, an AI expert at Inventium, delves into the widespread issue of 'AI slop'—a term for low-quality, AI-generated content flooding workplaces. He discusses the hidden costs of overwhelming teams with such documents and challenges the norm of valuing quantity over quality. Neo provides practical strategies to combat this trend, encouraging a shift towards meaningful content creation. Learn how to make your work stand out in an increasingly AI-saturated environment and ensure that real human insights shine through.
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What AI Slop Actually Is
- AI slop is low-value AI-generated material produced at high volume across formats like documents and videos.
- It looks polished but often lacks meaningful human thought or usefulness.
Ease Creates Content Overload
- AI makes document creation extremely easy, which shifts perceived productivity from quality to quantity.
- That causes content overload of inaccurate, untargeted artifacts that don't move the business forward.
Receiving Time-Wasting AI Documents
- Amantha describes receiving a 10-page AI-generated partnership document with no critical human thought.
- She had to spend hours reviewing it, creating frustration and wasted time.