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At this point I'm taking the word "slop" as a sign meaning "I really didn't think this through and I'm just autocompleting based on a gut feeling and the first
by throw310822 10mo ago
At this point I'm taking the word "slop" as a sign meaning "I really didn't think this through and I'm just autocompleting based on a gut feeling and the first word that comes to mind".
- steve1977 10mo agoThat's an easy way out, isn't it?
- mikkupikku 10mo agoUsing thought terminating clichés in general is, and that can include "slop".
- steve1977 10mo agoIt wasn't meant to be thought terminating. If anything, it was a bit provocative.
- adammarples 10mo agoThe irony of atacking thought terminating clichés while defending slop
- mikkupikku 10mo agoI have no love for slop. But I also don't write off the whole technology as only being good for slop.
- latchup 10mo agoWell unfortunately for you, it has a precisely defined and well-understood meaning for all those not covering their eyes and ears in denial. Quoting Merriam-Webster: > Digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence. Chosen by the editors as word of the year, by the way.
- throw310822 10mo ago"Slop" in English means "liquid junk, rubbish, tripe". No need to call for Merriam Webster's help. The point is that AI can produce slop (as people do, too), but it's just silly to imply that everything it can produce is slop. That's just lazy, sloppy thinking.
- steve1977 10mo agoSure. I'm fully aware that AI can be useful, especially once we move past LLMs. However, I do think that the majority (or mainstream) use of GenAI today is indeed not very useful or even harmful. And I do think that something like railroads are more useful by orders of magnitude.
- matkoniecz 10mo ago> but it's just silly to imply that everything it can produce is slop that is why people use slop qualifier, rather than not using qualifier