slop grenade /slɒp ɡrəˈneɪd/ · noun
1. A massive wall of unedited, AI-generated text or code blindly forwarded to a colleague, turning the sender’s laziness into the recipient’s homework.
I love this term, coined by Shopify founder Tobi Lutke. It’s put into words what I’ve been experiencing more of in the past months.
Gen-AI can be a great help to the process of creating documents and presentations… it can amplify good ideas and positive intent, but it can also amplify laziness and the impact that laziness has on everyone else.