Left the capitalization on "Sludge" because that is what this type of content is called. This is an incredible video essay, and the usage of Sludge content to explain the situation is brilliant.
Left the capitalization on "Sludge" because that is what this type of content is called.
This is an incredible video essay, and the usage of Sludge content to explain the situation is brilliant.
Sludge has absolutely won out, in fact "slop" being used was the first time I had seen it written like that there. Everyone I know who has written or talked about it, knows that "sludge" is...
Sludge has absolutely won out, in fact "slop" being used was the first time I had seen it written like that there. Everyone I know who has written or talked about it, knows that "sludge" is definitely the term and only use that one, probably because its much cooler sounding.
Then again, sludge is perhaps different than slop, because sludge isn't primarily AI generated.
For what it's worth, my experience is the reverse. Right now is definitely the first I've seen anyone refer to AI content as sludge (though I've seen people talk about content sludge to refer to...
For what it's worth, my experience is the reverse. Right now is definitely the first I've seen anyone refer to AI content as sludge (though I've seen people talk about content sludge to refer to human generated content before so I get where it's coming from), but I've seen people use the phrase "AI slop" regularly for easily a year now. Searching on Twitter seems to give me far more instances of people saying "AI slop" than "AI sludge", not that that means anything at all. I'm not saying you're wrong about the popularity of sludge, just saying that slop is definitely in vogue in a lot of circles too.
The video talks about this! Sludge isn't slop, sludge is primarily people-created videos and content that rely on placing 2+ videos on top of each other, so that you visually focus on, say,...
The video talks about this! Sludge isn't slop, sludge is primarily people-created videos and content that rely on placing 2+ videos on top of each other, so that you visually focus on, say, someone jumping on blocks in minecraft, while listening to a podcast or a non-visually stimulating video at the top.
Roosterteeth practically pioneered this in the early days through their "podcast as video, by using minecraft or GTA in the background" scheme of keeping listeners and people involved in their content. But, now its people repackaging content and applying a secondary visual layer to the bottom to hyper-increase mental focus.
Slop on the otherhand, is for all the AI generated garbage that is being pushed out at a (literally) inhuman rate.
Left the capitalization on "Sludge" because that is what this type of content is called.
This is an incredible video essay, and the usage of Sludge content to explain the situation is brilliant.
Where do we place bets on whether “slop” or “sludge” wins out? https://tildes.net/~comp/1g6h/slop_is_the_new_name_for_unwanted_ai_generated_content
Sludge has absolutely won out, in fact "slop" being used was the first time I had seen it written like that there. Everyone I know who has written or talked about it, knows that "sludge" is definitely the term and only use that one, probably because its much cooler sounding.
Then again, sludge is perhaps different than slop, because sludge isn't primarily AI generated.
For what it's worth, my experience is the reverse. Right now is definitely the first I've seen anyone refer to AI content as sludge (though I've seen people talk about content sludge to refer to human generated content before so I get where it's coming from), but I've seen people use the phrase "AI slop" regularly for easily a year now. Searching on Twitter seems to give me far more instances of people saying "AI slop" than "AI sludge", not that that means anything at all. I'm not saying you're wrong about the popularity of sludge, just saying that slop is definitely in vogue in a lot of circles too.
The video talks about this! Sludge isn't slop, sludge is primarily people-created videos and content that rely on placing 2+ videos on top of each other, so that you visually focus on, say, someone jumping on blocks in minecraft, while listening to a podcast or a non-visually stimulating video at the top.
Roosterteeth practically pioneered this in the early days through their "podcast as video, by using minecraft or GTA in the background" scheme of keeping listeners and people involved in their content. But, now its people repackaging content and applying a secondary visual layer to the bottom to hyper-increase mental focus.
Slop on the otherhand, is for all the AI generated garbage that is being pushed out at a (literally) inhuman rate.