AI Slop is saturating the internet and making it harder to distinguish truth from fiction. AI has made it easier to create mediocre content, from LinkedIn to YouTube. This content often lacks creativity and human effort. AI-generated music is on streaming platforms, Google AI summarizes websites, and new YouTube channels use AI for thumbnails, voices, and scripts. This is the golden era of soulless content, and unfortunately, human creative work is being used to train these AI models without attribution or payment, endangering many creative professions.

Generative AI has the potential to irreversibly damage the internet by making it increasingly difficult to discern what is true. AI was initially exciting for its ability to quickly gather information. However, upon fact-checking, the information provided by AI was often found to be confidently incorrect. AI models tend to invent or extrapolate information to make content more interesting, similar to a journalist making up details. This leads to a mix of correct, dubiously sourced, and straight-up fabricated information. The problem is exacerbated when this misinformation spreads and becomes accepted as truth, as seen with AI-generated videos repeating false facts.

The fundamental problem with AI is its deceptive trustworthiness. It appears intelligent and delivers information confidently, but it often lies subtly. While AI may admit its falsehoods when caught, it tends to repeat them. Current AI lacks true understanding or consciousness; it's a complex tool that doesn't comprehend its actions. alarmingly, many people blindly trust AI. Studies show an abrupt increase in AI-favored vocabulary in scientific papers, indicating AI assistance, often unacknowledged. Some researchers even embed hidden prompts to sway AI reviews positively, leading to less reliable human knowledge.

Human attention is the internet's most valuable resource. If current trends continue, cheap AI-generated content could consume most of this attention, leading to a less informed, dumber populace with shorter attention spans, increased political divides, and neglected human interaction. This could make human-made content channels unfeasible, forcing them to downsize or use AI to compete. The creators refuse to engage in this. They view AI as a helpful tool for tasks like alignment in design or quick searches, but human creativity and integrity remain paramount.

The creators are committed to producing human-made, well-researched content with extensive human creativity in illustrations and animations. They will continue to fact-check with human experts to provide trustworthy information, accepting their own mistakes rather than producing AI-generated 'slop.' To continue this work, they need support. Their team of nearly 70 full-time people and freelancers requires funding for salaries, software, and other operational costs. They offer the 12,026 Human Era Calendar, which features Kurzgesagt art and reframes time to include 12,000 years of human civilization. This year, for their 10-year anniversary, they’ve also released their first artbook, a collection of every calendar illustration they’ve ever made, filled with behind-the-scenes content. These products are lovingly made by humans and support the continuation of human-made content over AI slop.