social judgement

How communities define and govern AI slop together

If you're looking for a clear definition of AI slop, you won't find it in the content itself. A new paper argues that slop is a social judgment, made when a community decides that some AI-generated material is unwanted. That shift in framing is powerful. It means we can actually measure and govern it, rather than chasing a moving target. It's a more human-centered approach to a messy problem. For more on the tools shaping this future, read our piece on essential inference metrics.