Webster’s Word of the Year - “Slop“
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Webster’s Word of the Year - “Slop“

Webster’s Word of the Year is “slop”. No notes, five gold stars - go to the top of the class. It’s the perfect observation for 2025.

As much as I love AI, for what it can do, there’s no denying that what’s flooding the internet right now is… slop. Endless, glossy, hyper-sanitised content churned out at scale.

Technically impressive. Creatively empty.

*Header image generated by AI. Purchased from RawPixel

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Designers & AI. Love it or hate it, it’s here to stay.
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Designers & AI. Love it or hate it, it’s here to stay.

The AI em-dash problem isn't really about punctuation. It's about something bigger, AI defaults to a polished, slightly formal version of communication that doesn't sound like you anymore. It sounds optimised. Perfect, even. But that perfection is exactly what makes it feel hollow and inauthentic. Will there one day be a premium on hand-made (or human-made) work over computer generated work? Not to mention we still haven't solved the problem of copyright. Where are all the images coming from that an AI model referencing?

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