The image that finally convinced young Parisian Th\u00e9odore that something was seriously wrong with social media was clearly fake. It showed two emaciated South Asian children with strange beards and missing limbs celebrating a birthday in the middle of a busy road in the pouring rain. Despite the obvious signs that it was an AI-generated image, it has racked up nearly a million likes on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I was completely confused.<\/em>"," says the 20-year-old student. "Absurd, artificially created images are everywhere, and they receive a lot of attention without any verification.<\/em>\u201d Thus, his X-network account called \u201cInsane AI Slop\u201d was born, where he began to warn and mock fake, low-quality content that misleads users. In a few months, he amassed more than 130,000 followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The expression "AI slop<\/em>\u201d is used for quickly created, often illogical and low-quality images and videos generated by artificial intelligence that nevertheless go viral. In this article, we will call this phenomenon artificial content clutter \u2013 content created primarily for the purpose of attracting attention, rather than informing or creative expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Common themes of such content include religion, the military, and especially \u201ctouching\u201d stories of poor children creating incredible products or experiencing miracles. Such images and videos exploit emotions and social media algorithms that reward any form of engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, social networks have entered a \u201cthird phase.\u201d After a period of content from friends and then professional creators, now comes a wave of content created or repurposed by artificial intelligence. Meta and other platforms not only allow such content, but also provide tools for its mass creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n YouTube shares a similar view. Its CEO Neal Mohan wrote that more than a million channels were using AI tools to create content as of December. He acknowledged concerns about low-quality content, but stressed that the company does not want to arbitrate what is and is not allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One reason for the rise of artificial content is the creative economy. Channels that produce such content can garner billions of views and millions in revenue. But at the same time, resistance is also growing. Angry comments are increasingly appearing under viral artificial videos, sometimes garnering more likes than the content itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th\u00e9odore has pressured YouTube to remove some particularly controversial channels that were posting grotesque, artificially created cartoons supposedly aimed at children. But despite individual measures, the flood seems unstoppable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to researcher Emily Thorson, the answer depends on why people use social media. If it's purely for entertainment, the criterion is simple: is the content entertaining? But if users are looking for information, knowledge, or a sense of community, then deception becomes a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The problem is greatest where the artificial content is not clearly satirical, but is created with the intention of deception. Such content blurs the line between real and artificial, fostering confusion and distrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Artificial content overload is not a side effect of technology, but a logical consequence of business models that reward attention at all costs. As long as algorithms drive engagement, resistance will be part of the same cycle. The question is no longer whether AI will overwhelm social media, but whether users, platforms, and regulators will find a way to separate creativity from digital clutter.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Slika, ki je mladega Pari\u017eana Th\u00e9odora dokon\u010dno prepri\u010dala, da je z dru\u017ebenimi omre\u017eji nekaj zelo narobe, je bila o\u010ditno umetna. Prikazovala je dva shuj\u0161ana ju\u017enoazijska otroka z nenavadnimi bradami in manjkajo\u010dimi okon\u010dinami, ki sta sredi prometne ceste v nalivu slavila rojstni dan. Kljub o\u010ditnim znakom, da gre za z umetno inteligenco ustvarjeno podobo, je na […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[302],"class_list":["post-7155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-socialna-omrezja","tag-druzbena-omrezja"],"acf":{"subtitle":"Dru\u017ebena omre\u017eja vse bolj polnijo umetno ustvarjene podobe in videi, ki so pogosto nelogi\u010dni, zavajajo\u010di in nizkokakovostni, a kljub temu mno\u017ei\u010dno viralni. Tako imenovana umetna vsebinska navlaka \u017ee spro\u017ea vse glasnej\u0161i odpor uporabnikov.","heading":"","summary":"Dru\u017ebena omre\u017eja vse bolj polnijo umetno ustvarjene podobe in videi, ki so pogosto nelogi\u010dni, zavajajo\u010di in nizkokakovostni, a kljub temu mno\u017ei\u010dno viralni. Tako imenovana umetna vsebinska navlaka \u017ee spro\u017ea vse glasnej\u0161i odpor uporabnikov.","thumbnail_small":"https:\/\/racunalniske-novice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-560x315.jpg","thumbnail_large":"https:\/\/racunalniske-novice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/mariia-shalabaieva-HBkpnDVc_Ic-unsplash-1024x540.jpg","thumbnail_caption":"","gallery":"","video_gallery":null,"author":"","links":null,"sources":[{"title":"BBC","url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9wx2dz2v44o"},{"title":"Unsplash","url":"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-group-of-different-social-media-logos-HBkpnDVc_Ic"}],"skip_language":[]},"yoast_head":"\nWhat is artificial content padding?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The third phase of social networks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Money, algorithms and user anger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Does it even matter whether the content is true?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n