Did you make that yourself?
Tell the world by adding the not-slop.org logo to your work! It's not a certification or validation system. Just a fun way to show that you did your own homework.
What is slop?
Generative AI can be very helpful. But there are important differences between human-authored content versus generative AI:
| Human-authored | Generated | |
|---|---|---|
| Originality | Each author provides a unique viewpoint | Generic viewpoints, even across different LLM's |
| Reputation | Authors have consistent credibility that can be judged from context | Hallucinations and correct outputs are mixed randomly throughout the work |
| Professionalism | Writing style gives a clue to the author's diligence and expertise | High quality and poor quality content look exactly the same |
| Syndication | By supporting authors, we inspire them to keep creating | What's the point of publishing generative content, if readers can simply ask GPT themselves? |
AI content becomes slop when it gets mixed into a catalog of human-authored content. The painstakingly created human content drowns in a sea of great-looking but generic output.
Make a statement
Adding the not-slop.org logo signifies that your project was completely authored by real people, not generative AI.
The not-slop.org definition allows for reasonable electronic assistance:
- Spell checkers & grammar checkers: Okay to use, as long as they don't alter the original meaning in any way (for example, adding additional words).
- Thesauruses: Okay to use, as long as they only provide wording ideas, but do not choose words for you.
- AI research tools: While writing your content, it's okay for the human to ask questions or perform searches using an AI agent, provided the result is typed by hand, not copy & pasted from a chatbot.
- AI proofreading: You can ask AI to look for mistakes or awkward language, as long as the fixes are not automatically applied. (Acceptable: "Can you find any typos in this paragraph? List them." Unacceptable: "Rewrite this paragraph to fix any mistakes.")
- AI translation services: It's okay to translate your human-authored document into foreign languages, but you should ask a native speaker to review it.
- Quoted AI excerpts: For example, if you're writing an article about an AI chatbot, you can include transcripts of chats, as along as they're clearly separated from the main text.
Where can I use it?
The not-slop.org logo can be applied to:
- web pages
- books
- documents
- GitHub repositories
- software applications
Questions and feedback
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