"AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it? If you want fewer cartoonish videos of dead celebrities, creepy or absurd images or fake bands playing synthetic tunes, a few platforms have rolled out settings and features to help minimize AI-generated content."
"Here is a guide on how to use them. But first, a caveat from Henry Ajder, who advises businesses and governments on AI and has been studying deepfakes since 2018. He warned that it's "incredibly difficult" to entirely remove AI slop content entirely from all your feeds. He compared AI slop to the smog generated from the industrial revolution, when there weren't any pollution controls in place. "It's going to be very, very hard for people to avoid inhaling, in this analogy.""
"Pinterest's move to lean into the AI boom made it something of a poster child for the AI slop problem, as users complained that the online moodboard for pinning inspirational material by themes has become overrun with AI content. So Pinterest recently rolled out a "tuner" that lets users adjust the amount of AI content they see in their feeds."
AI slop permeates feeds, screens, and speakers as low-quality AI-generated digital content proliferates. Examples include cartoonish videos of deceased celebrities, bizarre images, and synthetic musical performances by fake bands. Some platforms added settings and features to reduce AI-generated content in user feeds. Henry Ajder, an advisor on AI with deepfake experience since 2018, cautions that removing AI slop entirely is incredibly difficult. He likens AI slop to industrial-smog-era pollution, noting people will find it very hard to avoid exposure. Pinterest introduced a "tuner" that lets users adjust how much AI content appears in feeds.
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