elilla, quarantined on Nostr: consider the following English words: slut sly slush slaughter slums slur slit slow ...
consider the following English words:
slut sly slush slaughter slums slur slit slow slap sloth slip slam slog slick slide slime sleazy slack sled
get the vibe? sl- is not a morpheme, not really. it doesn't *mean* a thing. but it conveys a certain sensation, a feeling of wet stickiness, and also frames that sensation as negative. linguists call this sound symbolism; English is particularly rich in it, sound sequences that suggest a feeling.
anyway what I am saying is, the collective wisdom that picked up "slop" to describe the output of "AI" dealt a very significant blow to the AI industry, on the force of this word choice alone.
excellent noospheric self-defence
slut sly slush slaughter slums slur slit slow slap sloth slip slam slog slick slide slime sleazy slack sled
get the vibe? sl- is not a morpheme, not really. it doesn't *mean* a thing. but it conveys a certain sensation, a feeling of wet stickiness, and also frames that sensation as negative. linguists call this sound symbolism; English is particularly rich in it, sound sequences that suggest a feeling.
anyway what I am saying is, the collective wisdom that picked up "slop" to describe the output of "AI" dealt a very significant blow to the AI industry, on the force of this word choice alone.
excellent noospheric self-defence