# 🔗 In The Beginning There Was Slop

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2026-06-10
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/06/10/in-the-beginning-there-was-slop/
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> You don’t need AI to produce slop because slop isn’t made by AI. It’s made by humans — AI is just the popular tool of choice for making it right now.
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> Slop existed long before LLMs came onto the scene.
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> It will doubtless exist long after too.

*Source:* [In The Beginning There Was Slop](https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/in-the-beginning-slop/)

This was very clarifying. Slop is an issue of _care_ and not the tool. This is worth remembering.