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Naive, unfounded, or overzealous optimism.
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Let there be no more wavering between 'sloptimism' and 'floptimism' if we may be allowed such coinages!
Pollyanna has found a successor, and the novel of sloptimism goes marching on!
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Optimism that is nothing but sentiment can be sloptimism.
Excessive or misguided support for generative AI ("slop") and its future prospects.
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Sloptimism thrives in a world where hype outpaces action, where the press release may come before the initiative, and where virality matters more than impact.
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This is why AI content is becoming more associated with slop, because it lacks feeling or any semblance of human thought or consideration behind its endless proliferation. “Looks AI-generated” is the new “Walmart version”. Discourse about sloptimism* is already underway, as fears grow around AI content drowning out all other forms of content.
He sees sloptimism as the symptom of culture and corporate collapsing into each other.