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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by throw310822 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @03:33AM (#46442429)
At this point I'm taking the word "slop" as a sign meaning "I really didn't think this through and I'm just autocompleting based on a gut feeling and the first word that comes to mind".
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by steve1977 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @03:48AM (#46442492)
That's an easy way out, isn't it?
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by mikkupikku on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @05:57AM (#46443133)
Using thought terminating clichés in general is, and that can include "slop".
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by adammarples on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @06:16AM (#46443219)
The irony of atacking thought terminating clichés while defending slop
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by mikkupikku on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @09:32AM (#46444346)
I have no love for slop. But I also don't write off the whole technology as only being good for slop.
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by steve1977 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @08:19AM (#46443846)
It wasn't meant to be thought terminating. If anything, it was a bit provocative.
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by latchup on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @09:13AM (#46444197)
Well unfortunately for you, it has a precisely defined and well-understood meaning for all those not covering their eyes and ears in denial. Quoting Merriam-Webster:

> Digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.

Chosen by the editors as word of the year, by the way.

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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by throw310822 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @10:27AM (#46444964)
"Slop" in English means "liquid junk, rubbish, tripe". No need to call for Merriam Webster's help.

The point is that AI can produce slop (as people do, too), but it's just silly to imply that everything it can produce is slop. That's just lazy, sloppy thinking.

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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by steve1977 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @10:57AM (#46445259)
Sure. I'm fully aware that AI can be useful, especially once we move past LLMs.

However, I do think that the majority (or mainstream) use of GenAI today is indeed not very useful or even harmful. And I do think that something like railroads are more useful by orders of magnitude.

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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by bdangubic on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @11:13AM (#46445426)
> I do think that the majority (or mainstream) use of GenAI today is indeed not very useful or even harmful.

What are you basing this opinion on?

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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by steve1977 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @07:08PM (#46449721)
The results that I'm seeing of what people are doing with GenAI. I don't really see the promised productivity gains.
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Re:OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble question... by matkoniecz on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @11:10AM (#46445391)
> but it's just silly to imply that everything it can produce is slop

that is why people use slop qualifier, rather than not using qualifier

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