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Why Slop Matters

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by Cody Commerce, Ye Mon Du, Julia Gordon, Ari Holtzman, Tess McNulty, Spencer Stewart, Lindsay Thomas, Richard Jean Sohn, Huik Long

An academic paper examining the cultural significance and consumption of low-quality or AI-generated online content, often called “slop.”

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