{"slug": "is-ai-slop-now-the-default-response-to-every-new-project", "title": "Is \"AI slop\" now the default response to every new project?", "summary": "A Hacker News user, antonreshetov, criticized the tendency to dismiss new projects as 'AI slop' without examining them, arguing that while AI has flooded the internet with low-quality products, labeling something as junk without opening the repository and trying it is tiresome.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nIs \"AI slop\" now the default response to every new project?\n1 point\nby\nantonreshetov\n7 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\n1 comment\nhelp\nantonreshetov\n6 minutes ago\n[–]\nI understand that AI has flooded the internet with low-quality products. But calling something junk without opening the repository and trying it out is damn tiresome.\nreply\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ai-slop-now-the-default-response-to-every-new-project", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49397791", "published_at": "2026-08-22 08:35:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-22 08:43:25.470975+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "antonreshetov"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ai-slop-now-the-default-response-to-every-new-project", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ai-slop-now-the-default-response-to-every-new-project.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ai-slop-now-the-default-response-to-every-new-project.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-ai-slop-now-the-default-response-to-every-new-project.jsonld"}}