AI Slop Examples
A curated gallery of real AI slop from across the internet. From Shrimp Jesus to fake Super Bowl ads — these are the patterns flooding the web in 2024-2026.
Social Media Slop
Facebook, Instagram, and X are ground zero for AI slop. Stanford Internet Observatory identified 120+ Facebook Pages posting AI images that generated hundreds of millions of interactions.
Shrimp Jesus
Surreal AI-generated images of Jesus fused with shrimp, crabs, and sea creatures. Posted with engagement-bait captions like 'Say Amen for 7 years of luck.' Stanford Internet Observatory studied 120 Facebook Pages posting AI images that generated hundreds of millions of interactions.
Why it's slop
Mass-produced sensational imagery designed purely for engagement farming. No artistic intent, no message — just bait for clicks and ad revenue.
Source: Stanford Internet Observatory
'My Child Made This'
AI-generated images of young children next to impossibly detailed artwork — sculptures of Jesus made from fruit, cars made of bottles — with engagement-bait captions designed to trigger emotional reactions.
Why it's slop
Exploits parental emotions and religious sentiment with fabricated images. The 'child' never existed, the art was never made, and the entire post exists to farm engagement.
Flight Attendant Content
For reasons nobody fully understands, AI slop farms produce endless images of flight attendants in bizarre scenarios. Sometimes posing with Shrimp Jesus. A bizarrely specific subgenre of AI slop.
Why it's slop
Algorithmically generated content targeting engagement metrics with no coherent purpose or message.
Political & Deepfake Slop
AI-generated political imagery spreads faster than fact-checkers can debunk it. A single fake image can reach millions before anyone flags it as synthetic.
Trump as the Pope
AI-generated images of Donald Trump dressed in papal robes circulated widely on social media in May 2025, days before the real pope's funeral. Millions shared the images, many believing them to be real. The images went viral across platforms before fact-checkers could intervene.
Why it's slop
Political deepfakes designed to promote a narrative. The papal imagery exploits religious authority to add gravitas to a political figure — classic engagement-farming through controversy.
Source: PBS / CNN
Trump Lightsaber (Star Wars Day)
On Star Wars Day, AI-generated images of Trump wielding a lightsaber were posted on Truth Social. The images mixed political identity with pop-culture fantasy, garnering millions of interactions and extensive media coverage.
Why it's slop
Political fan-fiction imagery designed to mythologize a political figure. Blurs the line between satire and propaganda — shared earnestly by supporters and mockingly by critics, farming engagement from both sides.
Source: Variety
Hurricane Helene Fake Photos
After Hurricane Helene devastated the Southeast US in September 2024, AI-generated images of flood damage and rescue scenes spread on social media. U.S. Senator Mike Lee shared one AI-generated image before deleting it. Virginia Tech researchers documented how the fake images undermined real disaster relief efforts.
Why it's slop
Exploits real human suffering with fabricated imagery. Diverts attention from actual victims, erodes trust in real disaster documentation, and can misdirect relief resources.
Source: Virginia Tech / PetaPixel
Video & News Slop
A 2025 study found 278 YouTube channels dedicated to AI-generated content, collectively generating an estimated 63 billion views annually. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan acknowledged the problem in January 2026.
AI News Anchors
Deepfake 'reporters' delivering fabricated news about celebrities, court cases, and current events. Some channels accumulated billions of views and generated millions in ad revenue before platform intervention.
Why it's slop
Fake humans presenting fake news for real ad revenue. The most dangerous form of AI slop because it's designed to look trustworthy.
FUNTASTIC: The AI Slop Factory
A single YouTube channel using AI-generated content accumulated over 500 million views and earned an estimated $9,000/month in ad revenue. The channel churned out videos at an industrial pace with AI-generated voiceovers, visuals, and scripts — with virtually zero human creative input.
Why it's slop
The economics of slop in one channel: minimal effort, maximum output, real money. Proves that platforms financially reward AI slop production at scale.
Source: NPR
YouTube Shorts AI Flood
A Kapwing analysis in November 2025 found that 21% of YouTube Shorts sampled contained AI-generated content — from AI voiceovers to fully synthetic videos. The short-form format's low barrier to entry makes it an ideal breeding ground for AI slop.
Why it's slop
Short-form video optimized for autoplay and infinite scroll. The 60-second format is perfectly designed for slop: no depth required, just enough to keep you swiping.
Source: Kapwing
5-Minute Craft Lies
'Life hack' videos showing impossible DIY solutions — fixing a broken sink with ramen noodles, using a hot glue gun to make furniture. AI-generated or not, these videos waste millions of hours of viewer time.
Why it's slop
Content that looks helpful but is physically impossible. Optimized for watch time, not for actually helping anyone.
Music & Audio Slop
AI-generated music has quietly infiltrated streaming platforms, with fake artists accumulating millions of listeners before anyone notices.
Velvet Sundown: The Fake Band
An AI-generated 'band' called Velvet Sundown appeared on Spotify with multiple albums of ambient/lo-fi music. The project accumulated over 1 million monthly listeners before journalists exposed that no human musicians were involved. The profile featured AI-generated band photos and a fabricated backstory.
Why it's slop
Manufactured artistic identity designed to exploit playlist algorithms. Real musicians lose revenue and visibility to a fake band that never rehearsed, performed, or had a creative vision.
Source: Euronews / Rolling Stone
AI Playlist Stuffing
Thousands of AI-generated tracks uploaded to streaming platforms to game royalty payments. Short, repetitive tracks placed on ambient/sleep playlists generate fractions of a cent per play — but at scale, the revenue adds up. Estimated tens of millions of AI tracks now exist on major platforms.
Why it's slop
Music created not to be heard but to be counted. Each play steals a fraction of a cent from real artists in the shared royalty pool. The sonic equivalent of content farming.
Publishing & Academic Slop
From Amazon Kindle to scientific journals, AI-generated text is flooding publishing channels at a pace human editors can't match.
Amazon AI Books
An estimated 10,000-40,000 AI-generated e-books published monthly on Amazon. Includes fake travel guides with invented restaurants, AI-written mushroom foraging guides with potentially lethal misidentifications, and plagiarized content repackaged as original works.
Why it's slop
Mass-produced content masquerading as expertise. When a foraging guide gets a mushroom wrong, it's not just slop — it's dangerous.
Source: Futurism
Clarkesworld Submission Crisis
Sci-fi magazine Clarkesworld received so many AI-generated story submissions that editor Neil Clarke had to temporarily close submissions entirely. The magazine went from a manageable flow of human-written stories to a flood of AI-generated manuscripts virtually overnight after ChatGPT's release.
Why it's slop
AI slop didn't just fill the internet — it actively broke the submission system for a prestigious literary magazine. Human writers were crowded out by bot-generated manuscripts.
Source: Clarkesworld Magazine
Danish AI Children's Book Errors
An AI-generated Danish children's book about African animals contained obvious errors: hyenas with hooves instead of paws, a gorilla with six fingers, and anatomically impossible animal poses. The book was sold to unsuspecting parents before the errors were widely reported.
Why it's slop
AI can generate confident-looking imagery that's factually wrong. Children's educational content requires accuracy — teaching kids that hyenas have hooves is worse than teaching them nothing.
Chicago Sun-Times Ghost Books
The Chicago Sun-Times published a summer reading list where 10 of the 15 recommended books didn't actually exist. The titles, authors, and descriptions were AI-generated hallucinations published without verification by a major metropolitan newspaper.
Why it's slop
A trusted newspaper recommending nonexistent books. This is what happens when AI-generated content bypasses editorial review — institutional credibility eroded in one article.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Advertising & Commercial Slop
Brands are learning the hard way that AI-generated content can save money on production but cost millions in brand reputation.
Svedka 'Shake Your Bots Off' Super Bowl Ad
Vodka brand Svedka ran a fully AI-generated Super Bowl ad during the 2026 game. Post-game surveys found only 7% of viewers could correctly identify the brand — one of the lowest brand-recall scores in Super Bowl advertising history. The ad became a case study in AI slop: technically impressive, commercially worthless.
Why it's slop
The ultimate proof that AI slop fails at its one job. A Super Bowl ad slot costs ~$7 million. Svedka spent it on content so generic that 93% of viewers couldn't remember who made it.
Source: AdWeek / Rolling Stone
Fake AI Game Ads
AI-generated fake mobile game advertisements showing gameplay that doesn't exist in the actual app. Franchises like Guitar Hero and Crash Bandicoot have been used without authorization in AI-generated ad creatives promoting knockoff games. Activision has filed multiple takedown requests.
Why it's slop
AI makes it trivially cheap to generate convincing game footage for games that don't exist. Users download based on AI-generated promises, find a completely different product, and delete within minutes.
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Generic LinkedIn Post
"I'm thrilled to announce that I've learned a valuable lesson about leadership. In today's fast-paced world, it's more important than ever to stay authentic and leverage synergies. Here are 5 key takeaways that changed my perspective forever..."
Why it's slop
Generic Slop + Pseudo-Insight Slop. No specific lesson named, no concrete details, every sentence could apply to any topic. Pure filler.
Wellness Blog Post
"Remember that self-care isn't selfish — it's necessary. Take time to breathe, practice gratitude, and honor your journey. You are exactly where you need to be. Embrace your authentic self and set healthy boundaries."
Why it's slop
Wellness Slop. Universalized advice that applies to everyone and therefore helps no one. No specific techniques, no personal experience, no actionable guidance.
Fake Authority Article
"Research has consistently demonstrated that implementing these strategies leads to significant improvements. Industry leaders have long recognized the importance of this approach. Studies show that organizations who adopt these methods see a 300% increase in results."
Why it's slop
Fake Authority Slop. "Studies show" with no citation. "Industry leaders" with no names. "300% increase" in unnamed "results." Every claim is unfalsifiable because nothing specific is claimed.
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