What Is ‘Slopcore’? | Lifehacker

The easy availability of powerful generative AI programs such as ChatGPT, Gemini and other image and music creation tools has given anyone the ability to instantly “create” any image, video or song they can imagine. As the resulting flood of computer content washes ashore, Internet users and observers are calling it “sloppiness.”

Also known as “Backup slop“The slopcore aesthetic comes from humans using AI as an assistant rather than a tool, leaving the machines to make artistic choices. It is marked by a strange, unusual, almost real and supernatural atmosphere of machines imitating humanity. Slopcore often depicts deeply emotional themes, but its lack of depth and understanding makes it particularly disturbing.

At first glance, the sketchy photographs and videos appear realistic, but a closer look reveals irregular anatomy, incredible geometry, and a strange “shine” caused by overly smooth surfaces and overly ideal lighting. Slopcore music has the same vibe, but in an audible form. The instruments sound soft and middling, and the vocals sound creepy due to attempts to sound “emotional” but disconnected from the actual emotions.

Here are some examples of slopcore videos:

And so”No more slops“an example of slopcore music I created in 45 seconds using Sunand here are some sleazy images of protest singers created by ChatGPT and Meta AI:

Notice the details that don't quite go together – the strap not attached to the guitar, the sign intersecting with the singer's head, the overall “AI font” used on the sign, the guitarist's extra leg on the left – these are all signs of slopcore.

While generative AI programmers work hard to create models that don't add fingers and limbs, some appreciate Slopcore. because about its flaws and the uniquely unsettling, eerie valley feeling they evoke. Sweetness and hallucinations aside, the AI ​​dump shows a vision of a possible future in which almost everything will be done by machines, and hardly anyone will be able to tell the difference.