Which will win, kino or slop?

· Bits and Bobs 3/17/25
  • Which will win, kino or slop?
    • A key battle about who defines what good is: rockism vs poptivism
      • Poptivism: good is what people like.
      • Rockism: good is defined by the tastemakers who challenge the conventions in tasteful ways.[uk]
    • Algorithms have pulled us more towards slop, and LLMs accelerate that.
    • At some point though might the pendulum swing back?
    • This section is riffing on some ideas from Robinson Eaton.

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