The digital wave is bringing an unprecedented intense impact. Recent tracking studies show that the number of AI-generated English articles on the Internet has officially exceeded human-written ones. In this vast digital world, one out of every two pieces of content is produced by machines.
This low-quality content mass-produced by machines is accurately named "Slop." They rapidly occupy major mainstream social platforms like sticky syrup, leading to the possibility that human-written text in the future may become a rare treasure.
The Subtle Collapse of Thinking Boundaries
The mass outsourcing of writing is quietly changing the intimate relationship between humans and language. When weekly reports, emails, and copywriting are handled by smart assistants, humans not only save writing time but also the crucial thinking process.
Experts are concerned that language and rationality are being completely decoupled by technology. This kind of derivative text without emotion or soul is gradually making most people give up the habit of active thinking in a subtle way, like boiling a frog in warm water.
The Complete Depletion of Training Nutrients
A more critical crisis is quietly taking place within AI models. Since the evolution of large language models completely relies on massive human text input, the homogenization of new content is greatly diluting these essential nutrients.
When AI trains repeatedly on its own generated data, the quality of its output will degrade from generation to generation and eventually collapse. Once this vicious cycle, similar to inbreeding, starts, it will accelerate humanity's descent into the ultimate dilemma of linguistic mediocrity and intellectual regression.
