News & Reviews:   Slop

Oh boy, here we go again. It was only recently that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said we should stop the AI Slop term. Now, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has publicly argued that relentless negativity around artificial intelligence is unhelpful for society, innovation, and the technology industry, urging people and commentators to rethink doom-laden narratives about AI’s risks.

In early December, I came across a nostalgic Facebook post reminiscing about how simple the platform once was, before reels, algorithms, and endless noise took over. Having used social media since 2009, that moment made me realise how much not just Facebook, but all major platforms have changed, and why I now find myself pulling away from them more often: social media nowadays is worse than ever.