AI companies and users of AI are littering all aspects of public space with “AI slop”, but does this term reflect what it really is? We have terms like visual pollution, sound pollution, etc. In a way, "AI pollution " seems a proper term, but AI also pollutes meaning, like with AI generated text. Is AI pollution a new form of “microplastics”? Everywhere and in everything?
When naming something, not only should you make sure it clearly describes the thing but doesn’t describe anything else. “AI pollution” sounds just as much like something that pollutes AI (for example, training it with false information), much like how “air pollution” is stuff that pollutes air.