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The cost of junk

AI slop refers to the endless flood of low quality text, images and videos churned out by generative tools just to chase clicks. As Snapchat and LinkedIn have found, platforms quickly get choked with this digital junk. It drowns out genuine human creativity and forces companies to spend fortunes on filtering it all out.

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Questions this opens up

Why do people make junk? Can algorithms spot fake media? Who pays for internet storage?

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