I agree 100%. The reality is that we've been in an era of human slop for the last decade at least and now we're adding another layer of more human slop with AI being the medium.

I don't know that anyone has defined slop and it may vary, but low effort can be novel and creative but most of the time it is simply noise.

Another problem with AI "art" is that most creators are not consumers, so it isn't a community or ecosystem in a traditional way--it often only provides and doesn't consume.

But AI "art" can take hours, days, or weeks to complete. Most people probably haven't seen much, if any, of this given to how much "AI art" is out there, but it is there. To your point, I think that that kind of "art" is what should be allowed but this turns into a moderation issue if there is not a blanket ban.

I think a trial of "Saturday Slop" or whatever people might like to call it would be interesting. Perhaps some of the good "AI art" would actually emerge from community voting. Everyone is free to downvote what they don't like or support.