>  > > The internet is so overrun with AI that anywhere you go, you run the risk of accidentally stepping into a puddle of [slop](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-satya-nadella-ai-slop). If only there were a gallant gentleman always at hand to drape their coat over these muddy obstacles so you could avoid ruining your day. > > It’s not quite on that level, but ==some netizens are proposing a new term to call out AI slop so other people can avoid wasting their time — or to just make fun of the person peddling it: “AI;DR,” or “ai;dr,” short for “AI, didn’t read.==” > > This is of course a riff on the classic internet slang “TL;DR” — “too long; didn’t read” — which is used to both introduce a summary of a lengthy block of text or proclaim that it’s being ignored for its lengthiness. Now, the latter usage is being repurposed against AI. > > We’re not ready to christen AI;DR a word of the year yet, but it does appear to be gaining [moderate traction online](https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1r2fdsi/aidr/), after a [recent post](https://www.threads.com/@dave_minnigerode/post/DUl_pzkEvKu) on Threads drew attention to it. > > “We all need to adopt that right quick,” one user on Bluesky said of the phrase, [in a semi-viral post](https://bsky.app/profile/katemckean.bsky.social/post/3memb4hybpk2u). > > The term has [been used in the past](https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1r2fdsi/aidr/), but never took off. Anti-AI sentiment, however, is higher than ever. The [actual word of the year](https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year) for 2025, as crowned by Merriam-Webster, was “slop,” a testament to just how much AI backlash has escalated in a pretty short amount of time, even as seemingly the entire economy doubles down on pouring money into the tech. > > A programmer who goes by Sid enthused about the new slang. > > ==“For me, writing is the most direct window into how someone thinks, perceives, and groks the world,” Sid wrote in a [blog post](https://www.0xsid.com/blog/aidr). “Once you outsource that to an LLM, I’m not sure what we’re even doing here. Why should I bother to read something someone else couldn’t be bothered to write?”== > > Taking a “glass half full” outlook, it’s grim that this is a necessary measure in the first place. On the flip side, at least more of us are choosing not just to ignore slop, but to bully the people spreading it. > > ==TL;DR: AI;DR calls out AI slop and warns other humans not to bother.==