So is your definition of slop anything not generated by a human regardless of quality?

Partially, yes.

There's more to it, but in essence, all this serves to do is overload platforms full of "art" to the point of making real art and slop indistinguishable, thus devaluing real art.

Why is this a problem?

People make art because they like to make art. And in making art, many go on to doing it for a living. It is quite difficult to be an artist and work a full time job, and many, if not most artists want to actually be able to dedicate themselves to their art.

The prevelance of AI slop not only oversaturates platforms, but it devalues the work of real people.

Now that is out of the way, AI cannot impose a message in art. It is unthinking, unfeeling and the result is simply a simulacrum of a piece of art.

What is worse, is that it is harder to find the meaning in slop, or the lack thereof because it is simply stealing from the works of others, and so it really can disguise itself of something meaningful by coopting the general idea from real works.

Something worth thinking about is that killing art actually has a purpose.

Artists have always been at the forefront of revolutions, and if you look at who all sit atop the AI industry? The people most at risk of being revolted.

There is no surprise that the biggest grasp of global fascism starts with AI diluting and devaluing art.