Aug 19, 2026, 9:37 AM@eniko I don’t fully believe it as well but I understand the reasoning, for a large % of population the slop output is “good enough”, many people don’t care if underlying foundations are rotting away in tech debt, or privacy issues or issues with planet, or whatever, otherwise we wouldn’t be in many situations we are, that could be prevented (non AI stuff). For many it’s a “can I get it for <free> or dirty cheap?” and consideration ends there.
Aug 19, 2026, 9:46 AM@djlink for that same large percentage of the population there was already plenty of low quality slop they were consuming before AI though
Aug 19, 2026, 9:49 AM@eniko yeah and this is in fact a faster way to generate said “content” that’s why I think some people might think their time investing in quality might eventually be irrelevant for most people. I don’t agree but I can understand why someone could consider “no one values handcrafted anymore”
@djlink @eniko this is my perception as well.
I heard YouTubers talking about how they generate BG music. It's content that's not at the center of what they do and is okay to be slop. I think it's the same for graphic design on restaurants etc.
When the content is allowed to be sloppy, instead of using stock music or plagiarising something, they prompt the AI.
I really don't like this at all because small time artists would like these small time jobs. I learned a lot as a teenager doing this.