We've Consumed Slop for Decades — 39 Marvel Movies — So Why Does Writing Demand Provenance?
generativist · x · 2026-09-04
Arguing against the panic over AI slop, the author notes audiences have consumed slop images and videos for decades — 39 Marvel movies being nearly the default — but writing is more intimate and persuasive, so people demand both proof of work and provenance for text.
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