“AI word slop,” by Joshua T. Katz

“AI word slop,” by Joshua T. Katz

On Friday, at the annual meeting of the American Dialect Society (ADS) in New Orleans, a vote will be taken and the 2025 Word of the Year announced. The longest-running such enterprise—it began in 1990 with “bushlips,” a word, enshrined in no standard dictionary, that no one uses and few remember—it is far from the only one. Indeed, other academic and lexicographical organizations have already weighed in on the 2025 winner. Take Dictionary.com, …

Detecting AI-Written Slop Before You Buy Books, by Jennifer Rader.

Editor’s Introductory Note:  The alarming trend that is described in this article is also taking place in many other book genres. It is possible that at least one of the author names cited in this article may be genuine, so I’m preemptively stating: Jennifer Rader’s article is an attempt to accurately describe the extent of A.I.-generated trickery in contemporary publishing. If the she has mentioned any actual living human authors by mistake, ou…