the opposite of slop is aura
If we farm aura i.e. grow it organically, then we distill slop from the detritus of our primary cultural activity. Sloptimism is nose-to-tail regenerative agriculture. In this sense, we should really call it regenerative AI. After all, it does not create anything new in and of itself. It re-interprets p
reexisting cultural materials. The pig farmer needs the leftovers from other crops and livestock to make his slop.
I’m assembling a full report from my slop writing on 8Ball. If you want to review what I’ve written so far, links and graphics are below:
Per your sloptimism post, I don't really agree that "slop" is something that is "quick or easy to create" - that also runs counter to you calling oscarbait movies "slop."
Rather, "slop" seems to be content that optimizes for the medium at the expense of some other value. Good at mass distribution, loses subjective quality
I think slop can have aura. But I am not impressed with Sora, or Vibes, and think even if you have no copyright, and full pornography on there, you're still not going to get people that hooked into the thing. Because the meta content of content is people, and social status games. You need the slop to come from someone, for some reason, to ground it in your social and libidinal reality.