By Daswin De Silva
Publication Date: 2026-05-27 20:14:00
It’s now commonplace to receive an AI-generated email that’s robotic and hollow, or a stream of useless chatbot responses when you simply need help from customer service.
Worse still, some people fill entire slideshows and project documentation with AI junk. Then there are the infamous cases of hallucinated references in a report from consulting firm Deloitte and in dozens of talks at a leading AI research conference earlier this year.
The stark limits of AI continue their paradoxical path. On the one hand, there is increased acceptance. On the other hand, there is growing concern about the limitations and risks that the technology brings.
While “slop” – in the context of low-quality AI content – was the word of the year in the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2025, technology executives are still keen for us to think differently and view AI tools as cognitive enhancers.
But the industry doesn’t just facilitate slop. There are also many “non-burgers”…
