AI slop breaks down the inquiry and investigation into the world as it is, replacing the critical landscape with text and image fragments that affirm the world as it is imagined. In essence, it circumvents any desire to understand the world because it offers us the immediate satisfaction of having a feeling about the world.

AI slop is extremely viral, and so is outrage.

AI slop is thus a reflection of what our social media filters see, reversed to create optimized versions.