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AI Slop Is Breaking the Internet as We Know It (SXSW 2025)
You last listened April 23, 2025
Jason, Sam, and Blood in the Machine's Brian Merchant discuss how AI slop has taken over the internet, how it is a brute-force attack against the algorithms that control what we see on social media, and what we can do to fight back against it. This panel was held at Speakeasy in Austin, Texas at SXSW on March 10, 2025. Thanks to our friends at Flipboard for giving us the space and to DeleteMe for sponsoring the event.
Find Brian's work at Blood in the Machine: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/
Find Brian's work at Blood in the Machine: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/