Generative AI Frames Reality as Multiversal Phenomenon

The Atlantic published an essay titled "Welcome to the Slopverse" on November 26, 2025, arguing that generative AI produces multiple coexisting realities rather than simply "hallucinating." The piece, part of a series marking ChatGPT's third anniversary, reframes the familiar hallucination problem as a question about competing, internally consistent outputs. This conceptual shift matters for how practitioners evaluate model behavior and design user-facing safeguards.