Slopaganda: The interaction between propaganda and generative AI
2025/03/03 by Michał Klincewicz, Mark Alfano, Klincewicz, Michał +3 · 11 voices · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Computer Science · #Ethics and Social Impacts of AI #Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2503.01560
Abstract
At least since Francis Bacon, the slogan 'knowledge is power' has been used to capture the relationship between decision-making at a group level and information. We know that being able to shape the informational environment for a group is a way to shape their decisions; it is essentially a way to make decisions for them. This paper focuses on strategies that are intentionally, by design, impactful on the decision-making capacities of groups, effectively shaping their ability to take advantage of information in their environment. Among these, the best known are political rhetoric, propaganda, and misinformation. The phenomenon this paper brings out from these is a relatively new strategy, which we call slopaganda. According to The Guardian, News Corp Australia is currently churning out 3000 'local' generative AI (GAI) stories each week. In the coming years, such 'generative AI slop' will present multiple knowledge-related (epistemic) challenges. We draw on contemporary research in cognitive science and artificial intelligence to diagnose the problem of slopaganda, describe some recent troubling cases, then suggest several interventions that may help to counter slopaganda.
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- Glad to see "slopaganda" has been coined and deployed [bsky, 28 points, 1 comments]
- He...arī @lsm.lv sācis lieto slopagandas jēdzienu. Ja nu kādam interesē no kurienes šim jēdzienam "aug kājas" - pievienoju saiti. Klincewicz M., Alfano M.,Fard A.E. (2025). Slopaganda: The interaction [bsky, 11 points, 2 comments]
- "We draw on contemporary research in cognitive science and artificial intelligence to diagnose the problem of slopaganda, describe some recent troubling cases, then suggest several interventions that [bsky, 9 points, 1 comments]
- One can read it as a forerunner of the Slopaganda discussion right now arxiv.org/abs/2503.01560 [bsky, 6 points, 1 comments]
- Und ich hab es hier gelesen arxiv.org/pdf/2503.01560 [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]
- Slopaganda arxiv.org/abs/2503.01560 [bsky, 3 points, 1 comments]
- Slopaganda: The interaction between propaganda and generative AI. Michał Klincewicz, Tilburg University, Mark Alfano, Macquarie University, Amir Ebrahimi Fard, Independent Researcher arxiv.org/pdf/250 [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]
- En voor de liefhebbers, de link naar de analyse van Michał Klincewicz, Mark Alfano, Amir Ebrahimi Fard. arxiv.org/abs/2503.01560 [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]
- AI-generated propaganda spreads tailored misinformation, influencing beliefs through fear-mongering, confirmation bias, and repeated lies. These stick, corrections are slow. Beat it by training to rec [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]
- "Slopaganda" – wild guess für das Wort des Jahres 2026 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2503.01560 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]
- With coauthors Michał Klincewicz and Amir Ebrahimi Fard, Alfano developed the excellent portmanteau in a paper published on March 3, 2025. Here's their definition: "unwanted AI-generated content that [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]
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