Post B19I4FV06eHa7EuxDk by clew@ecoevo.social
(DIR) More posts by clew@ecoevo.social
(DIR) Post #B18fpzji7PMiurZeXg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-11T12:31:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
This is an excellent video. This is the message. Perhaps we need to refine it more. Find ways to communicate it more clearly. But this is the correct take on LLMs, so-called-AI and the proliferation of these tools to the general public. #LLM #llms #ai #genAI #video #slop #slopocalypse #enshittification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lKyNdZz3Vw
(DIR) Post #B18g4RGcYYU4M6r4b2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-11T12:34:10Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
As a teacher, I vastly prefer #slopocalypse to #enshittification because swear words present problems in my line of work. I can't host a conversation about #enshittification with middle school students. Or rather I can but we'd need to call it something else. It's not a huge deal, and I think the swear word is ... valid in this context. It's a valid response to what has happened to much of the internet. But, it does present a needless barrier.
(DIR) Post #B18gOgAIsK86LwYFUG by mhstoixeiwmenopip@kafeneio.social
2025-12-11T12:37:47Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird how about "the worsening"?
(DIR) Post #B18gT2N4FwlkNibFrs by davep@infosec.exchange
2025-12-11T12:38:35Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird A.I.mageddon?
(DIR) Post #B18gYWJGN9kQgNR18q by krans@mastodon.me.uk
2025-12-11T12:39:33Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I think the #slopocalypse and #enshittification are different concepts, aren't they? The latter is occurring independently from “AI”
(DIR) Post #B18gZNk1iNeEOjMdiS by sysop408@sfba.social
2025-12-11T12:39:41Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird well, we can always wink wink and be clever with pronunciation.No, class, it's pronounced "Ens-hit-tification."
(DIR) Post #B18hnoF25JgcawJIqO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-12-11T12:53:34Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@krans You are correct slop is a feature of #enshittification which is a broader problem in the development of mass software and business models that work through software.
(DIR) Post #B18ilTVwHG5hgXfXFI by Scmbradley@mathstodon.xyz
2025-12-11T13:04:19Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I don't think they're interchangeable terms. It feels like "enshittification" is a broader term. I also have problems with that term, for different reasons though. I think it obscures who is doing the enshittification and we could instead call it "companies prioritising share price over user needs". Not as catchy, I'll admit.
(DIR) Post #B18jU561uQsIzAotsW by GlasWolf@mastodon.scot
2025-12-11T13:12:25Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Ironic that Doctorow on his Daily Show appearance said that allowing people to swear was key to getting people to engage with enshittification as a concept.
(DIR) Post #B18jqme2g362Q6YQjY by stancarey@mastodon.ie
2025-12-11T13:16:30Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Because alternatives to "enshittification" often overlap in meaning only partially, "encrappification" or "crappification" may have mileage as a non-sweary (though mildly vulgar) option, since it's transparently a version of the same word and it works the same way morphologically
(DIR) Post #B18ka3fWEJ9EFXpkFE by sollat@masto.ai
2025-12-11T13:24:40Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I think of it as the battle of economics vs ethics. I suppose you could teach them about bait and switch? That’s an element of it.
(DIR) Post #B18ml7XwLulnN0gw2C by wrench@wandering.shop
2025-12-11T13:49:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird This is a really amazing video. And only 20 minutes to boot!Thanks for sharing it.
(DIR) Post #B18nsZmhrV8CvkiWsC by DanielMReck@mas.to
2025-12-11T14:01:38Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Needless barrier indeed. I want to boost your post because I absolutely fully agree, but I don't feel like I can because it has that word in it and I try to maintain a family-friendly feed. (This is not a criticism of your post, of course. How else would you talk about the word without using the word? It doesn't make a lot of sense to substitute the e-word or the s-word or whatever not-word we would use to talk about it.)
(DIR) Post #B18r2yPhRl5Y4ebb6W by VulcanTourist@autistics.life
2025-12-11T14:37:08Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird Social taboos against expletives, or any word, are counterproductive. It's the context, and only the context, that matters. I use expletives, but they don't dominate my speech (even you know this) and they're never more than a linguistic condiment.A blanket taboo against against use of the N-word, for instance, unconstructively prohibits its use even in a comparative context ("what you're saying is just as bad as using the N-word"). I use that example because that has happened to me; mindless knee-jerk SJWs saw me write the word, ignored the comparative context, and went ballistic.This behavior has disturbing religious overtones. "Blasphemy!"Not being able to discuss enshittification because "blasphemy!" is just stupid. The very reason that words like "shit" become targets of fascination for children is precisely because of the taboos erected around them. It's thoroughly prudish or Victorian. You'd think we'd have learned, but humans have no Collective.
(DIR) Post #B18r5FJXa6wR4NoAa0 by jasonb@sigmoid.social
2025-12-11T14:37:31Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I have to admit I like #slopocalypse a tad more than #enshittfication myself.
(DIR) Post #B19AqIjwYn0MQzJE9Y by ghosttie@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-12-11T18:18:55Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird enpoopification :)
(DIR) Post #B19I4FV06eHa7EuxDk by clew@ecoevo.social
2025-12-11T19:39:52Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
I don't think of those as quite the same thing, except that everthing is becoming one awful thing.I like "platform trap" for the economic capture Doctorow describes, since (a) it describes *how* it works so you can check if youre at risk pre-shit, BEFORE you're trapped; and (b) it is very bitey and snappy to say.@futurebird
(DIR) Post #B19Vf0ICu9g94Zn22K by billseitz@toolsforthought.social
2025-12-11T22:12:09Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird slop* makes it way too AI specific."bait and switch"?"long con"?
(DIR) Post #B19bvL24A7tpkoPc6S by bitpickup@troet.cafe
2025-12-11T23:22:16Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird > Perhaps we need to refine it more. Find ways to communicate it more clearly.His sum up at the end is quite complete and not only valid for the #AI industry and it's manipulation of public discourse from the get go, but for industries and monetary interests at large.@ki_und_koffein
(DIR) Post #B1AcdwXgFzQhzMQdyi by tchauhan@mastodon.mit.edu
2025-12-12T11:05:09Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird I have always found it an infantile teen angsty word and I never use it. The phenomenon is an expected consequence of unregulated unchecked corporate greed. Using childish terms dilutes its seriousness.
(DIR) Post #B1BQWC99LsTbmBSB9M by Nicovel0@mastodon.social
2025-12-12T20:23:59Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird very good thank you. I’m actually not that worried about the tech itself (despite having to battle slop every day), but rather about the C suits who seem to think it can do our jobs.
(DIR) Post #B2Ab3sWGd1GsSFapcm by colinstu@birdbutt.com
2026-01-11T08:39:33Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@futurebird great vid! Thanks for sharing!