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The AI-content backlash has begun

Comic books, libraries, subreddits and even Swifties are starting to push back against AI slop.

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Mike Elgan
Oct 10, 2025
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I’ve been warning for months about the growing threat of an internet dominated by AI-generated content.

Each day, more images, videos, music, reviews, blog posts, product descriptions, video scripts, and social media posts are made by machines, churning them out faster than a person can do without AI help.

My solution for this problem is simple and fair…

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