Beyond the definition.
AI Culture
Short reads about the jokes, images and ideas that show up in AI conversations.
The AI office · 6 min read
How Workslop Became the Office Version of AI Slop
How polished AI-generated busywork moves unfinished thinking from the sender to everyone else.
Read the storyThe image-generation moment · 6 min read
How Ghiblification Became AI’s Big Style Meme
How a viral image transformation became a verb, a meme format and an argument about AI art.
Read the storyThe AI risk debate · 7 min read
How “AI Doomer” Became a Label in the AI Risk Debate
How a flexible internet label became shorthand for disagreements over AI risk, P(doom) and acceleration.
Read the storyMemes with a backstory · 2 min read
How the AI Shoggoth Got Its Smiley Face
A monster behind a friendly mask: why this odd image fits the experience of talking to a chatbot.
Read the storyThe attention economy · 2 min read
Why Is AI Content Called “Slop”?
The word fits a familiar frustration: wading through piles of generated content to find something useful.
Read the storyHow we make things now · 2 min read
How "Vibe" Became the Word for AI Coding
You ask for a change, try the result and ask again. The name captures how easy it is to keep going without reading the code.
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