Who is The Slopfather?

Stevan W. Pierce Jr. - tech veteran, 27 years in the industry, and your unofficial guide to the AI content apocalypse.

I spent nearly three decades watching the internet get built. Then I watched AI help tear the quality of it apart, one confidently wrong image and fabricated news story at a time. Instead of getting angry, I got a newsletter.

What is this place?

The Slopfather’s Substack is home to The Sloppies - awards celebrating the internet’s best worst AI-generated content. Think of it as a Darwin Award for the age of generative AI.

But it’s not just dunking on bad content. Every post is a lesson in why slop spreads, how platforms are designed to help it go viral, and what you can actually do about it. Digital literacy, wrapped in humor. Your aunt on Facebook will thank you.

Why subscribe?

• Posts dissecting the latest AI slop making the rounds

• The Sloppies awards - monthly roundups of the most spectacular AI failures

• Field guides and practical tips for spotting slop before you share it

• A community of people who refuse to be fooled twice

Free to read. Worth your inbox slot.