I feel like a large part of it is that a lot of AI slop is still in the uncanny valley. The uncanny valley has been shown to create a massive negative emotional reaction in people. You don’t want to trigger that reaction while trying to sell people something.
That’s part of it. For me, AI signals low effort. I can see computer generated slop anywhere. It’s completely ignorable. Human stuff, in this age of isolation, brings me joy. I love janky, hand made stuff because there’s a human element to it.
I feel like a large part of it is that a lot of AI slop is still in the uncanny valley. The uncanny valley has been shown to create a massive negative emotional reaction in people. You don’t want to trigger that reaction while trying to sell people something.
That’s part of it. For me, AI signals low effort. I can see computer generated slop anywhere. It’s completely ignorable. Human stuff, in this age of isolation, brings me joy. I love janky, hand made stuff because there’s a human element to it.