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Even for the one just in YT, people automatically say "eeew" if it's AI-generated, even if not slop.
I think it could. I only recall seeing it for media, but the meaning fits AI code well. Specially dysfunctional code outputted in large quantities.
"Vibe coding" simply lacks that negative connotation, it's what the people making it call it.
There are so many interconnected issues there:
I suppose I mostly have heard the phrase "vibe-coding" from its pro-ai proponents, while the anti-slop contingent has not really used a coherent phrase (so far that I have typically seen). I suspect because for coding, people have the expectation that you are supposed to be checking it, so the concern there is mostly on the low quality due to lack of degree of rigorous post-production checking, rather than the theft of input source - although I also suspect that most people have not really though the issue through very in-depth. I know I have not.
Calling poor-quality vibe-coding as "ai slop" could be a great way to shame it! :-P
If I got this right, what most people call "slop" is mass-produced and low quality. Following that definition you could have human-made slop, but it's less like a low quality meme and more like corporate "art". Some however seem to be using it exclusively for AI generated content, so for those "human-made slop" would be an oxymoron.
Human reviewing is not directly related to that. Only as far as a human to be expected to remove really junky output, and only let decent stuff in.
Vibe coding actually implies the opposite: you don't check the output. You tell the bot what you want, it outputs some code, you test that code without checking it, then you ask the bot for further modifications. IMO it's really bad, worse than what a non-programmer (like me) outputs.
That'll depend on the person. In my opinion, AI usage is mostly okay if:
Key differences: a meme is typically made to be shared, without too many expectations of recognition, people sharing it will likely do it for free, and memes in general take relatively low effort to generate. While the content typically fed into those models is often important for the author/artist, takes a lot more effort to generate, and the people feeding those models typically expect to be paid for them.
Even then note a lot of people hate memes for a reason rather similar to AI output, "it takes space of more interesting stuff". That's related to your point #6, labelling makes it a non-issue for people who'd rather avoid consuming AI output as content.
It's less about intent and more about effect. A pirated copy typically benefits the pirate by a lot, while it only harms the author by a wee bit.
Note I don't consider piracy as "theft" or "stealing", but something else. It's illegal, but not always immoral.