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Guides to AI chat and story apps

Guides to AI chat and story apps: what slop is, how memory works, what things cost and how to get out. Sourced, dated, newest first.

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    What is AI slop? A field guide for AI chat and story apps

    AI slop means low-effort, interchangeable AI content. Where the word came from, what it looks like in AI chat and story apps, and how to spot it.

  2. Guide

    How to spot AI art slop (and how to avoid making it)

    A checklist for spotting AI art slop by the tells that still work, how to avoid making it, and how the AI character apps we review score on art.

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    The Slop Bible: AI slop words and phrases, by model

    The AI words list, sorted by model: what Claude, DeepSeek, JLLM, ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok overuse, with a receipt for each. Signs of AI writing you can check.

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