Topics in Communication Studies (395-0-34)

Topic

Slop

Instructors

Aaron Shaw

Meeting Info

Meets in Non-General PurposeRm: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

The rise of generative AI and LLMs has also brought us slop. Much maligned, variously defined, increasingly ubiquitous, slop is usually thought of as low quality, low value, AI-generated content (text, images, video, code, etc.). But that could be just the start. This seminar interrogates slop. What is it? Where does it come from? What effects and consequences does or could it have? What should we do with and/or about it? Pursuing these questions and others, the class aims to arrive at a better understanding of slop, its significance, impacts, and implications for our ecosystems of information, knowledge, and culture.

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Class Attributes

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