The fact is we all consume online slop. I’m probably consuming too much of it myself. When you scroll on any digital content platform now, it’s repetitive AI slop everywhere. Clean, polished, structured, and somehow saying absolutely fark all. Like cheap fast food that looks like a perfect plastic specimen in the photo and then tastes like rubbish.

Then you come on AN and there’s a different flavor. Human slop. Spicy, salty, often unhinged and weird, sometimes comedic. Low effort snipes, boring, recycled arguments, drive by sarcasm, bickering sprinkled on top. Not exactly nutritious, but oddly addictive for quite a few residents here it seems.

So which flavor do you prefer? The polished artificial stuff, or the messy home cooked forum version? Both probably bad for us, especially in excess. Yet here we are, either going back for another big plate of it in the morning, or just a little nibble.

How about the AI slop on AN ? How do you know if someone you are spicing with on AN isnt in fact AI ?

18 minutes ago, blaze master said:

How about the AI slop on AN ? How do you know if someone you are spicing with on AN isnt in fact AI ?

I’ll simplify it. I generally don’t read anything from those who post an average of more than 10 times per day. If they do, it usually means they have nothing useful or important to say.

3 hours ago, blaze master said:

How about the AI slop on AN ? How do you know if someone you are spicing with on AN isnt in fact AI ?

That's easy ! we couldn;t afford it- this is a FREE site remember.

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

That's easy ! we couldn;t afford it- this is a FREE site remember.

So you can verify that every member is in fact real ? Not sure we should open that rabbit hole.

Just now, blaze master said:

So you can verify that every member is in fact real ? Not sure we should open that rabbit hole.

I can categorically tell you there are NO such plug-ins that will even operate on this type of forum.

Whether or not an individual chooses to use an AI to construct answers, thats a different issue, but not direct AI thats for certain.

5 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

thats a different issue, but not direct AI thats for certain.

Not really. This is what I was speaking about initially. Id love to chat about some other red flags

However...

2 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

I can categorically tell you there are NO such plug-ins that will even operate on this type of forum.

Whether or not an individual chooses to use an AI to construct answers, thats a different issue, but not direct AI thats for certain.

Even if the post is an end result of an AI, it still represents a human being and his opinions! I find it great to fix grammars and sentences.

Many here use text programs to write with spelling check, and paste them in here, AI is just a bit more advanced tool.

5 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Even if the post is an end result of an AI, it still represents a human being and his opinions! I find it great to fix grammars and sentences.

Many here use tex programs to write with spelling check, and paste them in here, AI is just a bit more advanced tool.

What about a chat bot ?

What’s Your Favorite Flavor - AI or AN?

TBH a mix of both enhance the flavor of the slop!

2 minutes ago, blaze master said:

What about a chat bot ?

I hate chat boots, but it depending on which context you asking? Everything you need to get done, which needs a human, and you have to go through a chat boot is F annoying.

1 minute ago, blaze master said:

What about a chat bot ?

they wont work directly on this site - they cannot interface with the software - there would have to be a human in between.

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

they wont work directly on this site - they cannot interface with the software - there would have to be a human in between.

OK thanks. Could a human use a chat bot for making replies. As the in-between i mean. They take comments from here and input it into a program etc then use that reply as a reply ? Im no tekky so thats why I ask.

I do have a few other questions but asking them would ruffle too many feathers.

6 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I hate chat boots, but it depending on which context you asking? Everything you need to get done, which needs a human, and you have to go through a chat boot is F annoying.

Have you seen some of the posters on here. It would not surprise me in the least they are in some way doing things in cooperation with a chat bot.

Again I dont really know how it works but lately I have seen some shady things on the forum that simply don't add up.

For me, I'm into slop. I love when it gets messy. If I'm honest, I don't even mind some of the ones that others would view as absolute filth.

P.S. - Posting for a friend.

1 minute ago, blaze master said:

Have you seen some of the posters on here. It would not surprise me in the least they are in some way doing things in cooperation with a chat bot.

Again I dont really know how it works but lately I have seen some shady things on the forum that simply don't add up.

Love to know what these "shady things" are? please report them - just hit the flag and we'll look at it.

3 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Love to know what these "shady things" are? please report them - just hit the flag and we'll look at it.

No thanks ill pass. I took screen shots for personal keep sake only.

I appreciate the info.

6 minutes ago, blaze master said:

OK thanks. Could a human use a chat bot for making replies. As the in-between i mean. They take comments from here and input it into a program etc then use that reply as a reply ? Im no tekky so thats why I ask.

I do have a few other questions but asking them would ruffle too many feathers.

absolutely- two browser windows - cut n paste into the bot- then cut n paste the response- easily done and probably faster than actually typing a response yourself/ YES Ive seen such posts here, some with more time on their hands paste the post into an AI checker which will give you a percentage possibility its AI contructed. Assuming you can actually be bothered to go through all that, but there are those that do.

23 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Even if the post is an end result of an AI, it still represents a human being and his opinions! I find it great to fix grammars and sentences.

Many here use text programs to write with spelling check, and paste them in here, AI is just a bit more advanced tool.

Ages ago, when I worked in the corporate world, people would get frustrated if you sent a document without spell-checking or grammar-checking it first. Even emails were expected to be error-free. But then the world moved on to mobile text messages with all kinds of shorthand abbreviations, and I think people started accepting more mistakes because of that shift toward short-form communication.

I agree, though, I’d much rather somebody have their text looked over by an algorithm to improve readability before sending it to me.

4 hours ago, 123Stodg said:

The fact is we all consume online slop. I’m probably consuming too much of it myself. When you scroll on any digital content platform now, it’s repetitive AI slop everywhere. Clean, polished, structured, and somehow saying absolutely fark all. Like cheap fast food that looks like a perfect plastic specimen in the photo and then tastes like rubbish.

I'm seeing a lot of AI slop on YouTube. There is a rise in World War II history channels that use AI, and many of them contain historical errors. 

10 minutes ago, Alpha84 said:

Ages ago, when I worked in the corporate world, people would get frustrated if you sent a document without spell-checking or grammar-checking it first. Even emails were expected to be error-free. But then the world moved on to mobile text messages with all kinds of shorthand abbreviations, and I think people started accepting more mistakes because of that shift toward short-form communication.

I agree, though, I’d much rather somebody have their text looked over by an algorithm to improve readability before sending it to me.

One of the most exentric of us here, first complaints about my grammar and structures, and then he start making a big number out of me using AI which I have done long time, but not as frequently as now, and when he doesnt have any more arguments left in a debate, he falling back to my grammar and sentences again, and it comes down to just creating noise. Thats the only thing they have in the end.

20 minutes ago, TedG said:

I'm seeing a lot of AI slop on YouTube. There is a rise in World War II history channels that use AI, and many of them contain historical errors. 

I have steadily reduced the channels and vids I watch on YouTube because of this. I only watch a handful of creators now that ive been watching for years. Quality real content I can count on.

One being foresty forest. The drone footage and scenery he shows is wonderful. Plus the guys dog has climbed over 100 mountains now.

Damn.

29 minutes ago, TedG said:

I'm seeing a lot of AI slop on YouTube. There is a rise in World War II history channels that use AI, and many of them contain historical errors. 

TIME Studios has produced a series of short, three to four minute historical videos on their YouTube channel called "On This Day… 1776".

They are releasing new ones on their channel every couple of weeks. I am not sure how many they plan to release in total, but they have done four so far and are calling it a documentary series about the history of Independence Day in 1776. It is being created for the 250th anniversary of US independence.

Almost all of the public reaction to this production has been completely negative. None of the video cuts in the clips last more than five seconds, so it feels like a string of five second shots assembled to tell a three to four minute story.

It is far from perfect, but this is the direction things are moving. This is where technology is heading. If you are going to make a historical documentary like this in the future, it will make more sense to create AI imagery showing what the real people actually looked like rather than spending lots of money on period costumes, historical looking sets and using actors who bear little resemblance to them.

Six to twelve months from now they will likely be able to produce thirty second clips instead of five second clips like these. Five years from now, the possibilities will be almost limitless.

As much as people dislike what is being produced here, it is the way forward. It is the future of filmmaking across many areas of video production. Fewer investors will be willing to commit millions to projects in the same way now that this technology is becoming available. That is simply the reality. Many people will be upset and will not want to take part, but as with every major technological shift, those who refuse to adapt risk being left behind.

This is the latest one TIME posted a few days ago:

1 hour ago, TedG said:

I'm seeing a lot of AI slop on YouTube. There is a rise in World War II history channels that use AI, and many of them contain historical errors. 

And as for some of the sub-titles or commentaries, they should be banned.

Interaction, then AN, as a few like minded folks here to chat with. FB for family & friends, mainly daughter & son at Krung Thep, now in Japan, enjoying some snow.

For news, all the MSM fake news and leftist opinions I avoid elsewhere, are easily scrolled through, right here on AN.

For information, world events, RT & YT. For other info, very selective YT (health, food, cooking), as the rest, has been ruined by AI. Reels & Shorts are almost nothing but AI now. Hope they are making money, good for them.

Really have no interest in anything else on the internet. O&A info & reviews, Gmaps & Booking.com gives me all the info I need. Torrent for time killing media, I would never pay for.

On 3/3/2026 at 7:58 AM, Hummin said:

Even if the post is an end result of an AI, it still represents a human being and his opinions! I find it great to fix grammars and sentences.

Many here use text programs to write with spelling check, and paste them in here, AI is just a bit more advanced tool.

I agree with you, and also AI can rephrase sentences so that they become more palatable.

On 3/3/2026 at 8:22 AM, CharlieH said:

absolutely- two browser windows - cut n paste into the bot- then cut n paste the response- easily done and probably faster than actually typing a response yourself/ YES Ive seen such posts here, some with more time on their hands paste the post into an AI checker which will give you a percentage possibility its AI contructed. Assuming you can actually be bothered to go through all that, but there are those that do.

That´s funny, and a great waste of time. :-) Checking 5-10 different AI tools, they will all give a difference between 0% - 92% ;-)

All rather confusing. I can remember a time when AI referred to a specific sexual activity.