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Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content

Simon Willison · 2 min read

A post on simonwillison.net is cited by 30 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 9 October 2026).

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30blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
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Figures for this page
First cited8 May 2024
Latest citation14 May 2026
Anchor phrases5
Called by its title4 of 30 blogs
External links4
Words captured265
New citing blogs a weeksince May 2024
New citing blogs a week, since May 2024: 127 weeks, peak 5 a week, latest week 0

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Who cited it

Cited by 30 blogs across 8 subjects: technology 10, design and making 2, life 2, arts and culture 1, books and writing 1, business and economics 1, ideas and humanities 1, travel and outdoors 1, unclassified 11.

How it is described

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • slop9 blogs
  • slop is the new name for unwanted ai-generated content4 blogs
  • ai slop2 blogs
  • simon willison2 blogs
  • "ai slop"1 blog

Cited by 30 blogs in 35 posts

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Blog
Newest citing post
Date
blog.vtemian.com1 post
Fight Slop with Clarity

linked as “popularized AI slop”

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14 May 2026
benswift.me1 post
COMP4020: assessment

linked as “LLM-generated slop”

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15 Apr 2026
davidhariri2 posts
Compress, Please

linked as “slop”

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10 Apr 2026
1 other post
Compress, Please

linked as “slop”

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10 Apr 2026
Tom MacWright2 posts
In the Atmosphere

linked as “slop”

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5 Apr 2026
1 other post
In the Atmosphere

linked as “slop”

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5 Apr 2026
avyfain1 post
Links - March 25, 2026

linked as “Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content”

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25 Mar 2026
bacon.boutique1 post
Sloponomics and the coming storm

linked as “slop”

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13 Mar 2026
ctemm.me1 post
On AI Detection

linked as “"AI slop"”

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23 Feb 2026
maxread.substack.com1 post
What is "slop," exactly?

linked as ““slop” became closely associated with A.I.-generated content”

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19 Dec 2025
kapwing.com1 post
AI Slop Report: The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos

linked as “unreviewed”

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28 Nov 2025
leonfurze.com3 posts
The Near Future of GenAI: December 2025 Update Part 1

linked as “popularised the term “slop””

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26 Nov 2025
2 other posts
AI Metaphors We Live By: The Language of Artificial Intelligence

linked as “popularised by Simon Willison”

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19 Jul 2024
Digital Plastic: Understanding AI-Generated Synthetic Media

linked as “The term “slop” is currently gaining traction for AI-generated content that’s fully automated, soull…”

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15 Jul 2024
simulacro.co.uk1 post
Introduction to slop studies

linked as “Simon Willison”

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22 Sept 2025
blog.michalprzadka.com1 post
The UX of Good Reading

linked as “of the opinion”

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22 Jun 2025
doc.cc1 post
The unbearable lightness of big tech

linked as “slop”

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24 Apr 2025
craigbailey.net1 post
Process Slop

linked as “content slop”

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22 Mar 2025
rwblickhan.org2 posts
Let’s Think Step-by-Step

linked as “slop”

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10 Mar 2025
1 other post
Perplexed with Perplexity

linked as “slop”

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17 Jul 2024
Pseudomanifold1 post
How to Write Useful Academic Letters of Motivation

linked as “AI slop”

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2 Feb 2025
Ben Congdon1 post
AI Slop, Suspicion, and Writing Back

linked as “original blog post”

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25 Jan 2025
yanirseroussi.com1 post
First year lessons from a solo expertise biz in Data & AI

linked as “AI-generated slop”

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5 Aug 2024
glazkov.com1 post
Teaching AI to write lyrics

linked as “synthetic data”

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17 Jul 2024
Eric Bailey1 post
Consent, LLM scrapers, and poisoning the well

linked as “munged, probabalistic slop”

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26 Jun 2024
David Bushell – Freelance Web Design & Front-end Development (UK)1 post
AI Pollution

linked as “slop”

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17 Jun 2024
robhorning.substack.com1 post
Born sloppy

linked as “blog post”

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14 Jun 2024
anhvn1 post
Weeknotes 15

linked as “Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content”

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1 Jun 2024
Drew Breunig1 post
A Plea for Sober AI

linked as “AI slop”

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16 May 2024
wersdoerfer.de1 post
Weeknotes 2024-05-13

linked as “Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content”

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13 May 2024

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