Dead Writing Theory blog https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/ Dead Writing Theory says the web's writing is collapsing into one machine-made voice. This site tests the claim with data, one case at a time. en-GB Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT What does "AI slop" mean, and is it the same thing as machine voice? https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/what-does-ai-slop-mean/ https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/what-does-ai-slop-mean/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT AI slop is low-quality content made in bulk with AI and pushed at people who never asked for it. It is a verdict on quality. It does not prove who wrote a page, or that the web is converging. Kurzgesagt on AI Slop: Which Claims Can Evidence Check, and Which Are Opinion? https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/kurzgesagt-ai-slop-what-the-evidence-can-check/ https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/kurzgesagt-ai-slop-what-the-evidence-can-check/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT Kurzgesagt's video says AI slop is destroying the internet. Some of its claims can be measured and some are judgement. YouTube's reported mislabelling of the channel shows how fragile a one-item 'slop' verdict is. What Is Model Collapse, and Is It the Same Thing as the Web Writing Alike? https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/what-is-model-collapse/ https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/what-is-model-collapse/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT Model collapse is the degradation of models trained, generation after generation, on earlier models' output, rare content first. It is a training-loop result, not a reading of today's web. The Microsoft CEO Wants to Move Past "AI Slop". What Can the Evidence Actually Say? https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/microsoft-ceo-ai-slop-what-the-court-can-say/ https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/microsoft-ceo-ai-slop-what-the-court-can-say/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT Satya Nadella wrote on 29 December 2025 that we need to get beyond "slop vs sophistication". Slop is a quality judgement and machine voice is a measurable pattern, and the court record is built to test the second. "Your AI Slop Bores Me": what the joke site can and cannot tell us about machine voice https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/your-ai-slop-bores-me-what-it-shows/ https://deadwritingtheory.com/blog/your-ai-slop-bores-me-what-it-shows/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:00:00 GMT Your AI Slop Bores Me is a browser game in which people answer each other's prompts while pretending to be an AI. It shows that readers can recognise and imitate a machine voice. It does not measure whether the web's writing has converged on one.