AI didn't invent slop — just served it in cleaner cups

The article nails how AI just automated the human habit of repackaging old ideas as new — but the real slop has always been in our classrooms, newsrooms, even our lesson plans, when we trade curiosity for ‘coverage.’ I caught myself doing it yesterday: grading the same over-polished essay about the Industrial Revolution I’ve seen seven years straight, just swapping in a few AI-generated adjectives so it feels ‘fresh.’ We don’t need more output; we need more attention.