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I'm actually credited on the Wikipedia page for "slop" for helping spread the term - I wrote about it right as it was emerging https://simonwillison.net/2024/Ma
by simonw 5mo ago
I'm actually credited on the Wikipedia page for "slop" for helping spread the term - I wrote about it right as it was emerging https://simonwillison.net/2024/May/8/slop/ https://simonwillison.net/2024/May/8/slop/ and did some press interviews to push it around then too.
I'm up to 40 posts on my blog tagged "slop" now: https://simonwillison.net/tags/slop/ https://simonwillison.net/tags/slop/
I consider covering AI misuse as part of my "beat" that I write about - there are so many bad ways to apply this stuff, and shining a light on those and explaining why they're bad seems like an important thing to spend time on.
- bluefirebrand 5mo agoI suppose if you really believe that there is actually a path forward to responsible AI usage, then more power to you. Best of luck, truly I don't currently share that belief. I expect AI misuse to be the overwhelming majority of AI usage so personally I'm pretty much against it outright. I know that's a losing battle though. Your approach is probably the more productive way forward.
- ericfr11 5mo agoWe should also be cautious to not characterize an article we don't like as slop
- simonw 5mo agoI didn't dislike the article for its content. I disliked it for its insincerity - see the piece I quoted for an example.