Vignette | In the Era of AI Slop, I've Learned to Embrace Saigon's Ugly Urban Clutters

“Nostalgia is an ever-churning cycle. In the 2000s and 2010s, I yearned for the hand-painted goodness of the 1970s. Today, in the 2020s, I find myself strangely drawn to the kitschy clutter of the 2000s. It is increasingly exhausting to exist as a creature with eyes in the 2020s, when AI slop is cluttering every corner of our world. It is soul-draining to have to be on alert 24/7, to scrutinize every human figure’s hands, every online cat’s fur pattern, every video’s narrative logic just to detect signs of AI. And there will come a time when the technology has progressed so much that our human brains can’t tell reality from slop anymore. With the release of Dildo Banana Promax — or whatever the fuck Google is puking out these days — I fear that day is already here.”___Written by Khôi Phạm.Read the full article here: https://saigoneer.com/saigon-culture/28630-in-the-era-of-ai-slop,-i-ve-learned-to-embrace-saigon-s-ugly-urban-clutters