Day 2,366: slop
Technology is creating new forms of fun, too. Hollywood may dismiss AI videos as “slop”, but young people are devouring them and making their own.
https://economist.com/leaders/2025/12/04/how-ai-is-rewiring-childhood
Artwork of the day
Title:
Slop bowl
Maker:
Wood_and_Hughes (1845–99)
Date:
1862–63
Geography:
Made in New York, New York, United States
Culture:
American
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
5 3/8 x 5 3/16 in. (13.7 x 13.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2006
Object Number:
2006.90.4
Curatorial Department: The American Wing
Word of the day
slop: content on the internet that is of very lowquality, especially when it is created by artificial intelligence:
Quote of the day
“There always has to be someone to take the punches. That's how it works. It isn't fair, it isn't right, but that kid licking slop off the floor over there means that we get to eat in peace.”
― Alexander Gordon Smith, Lockdown
