{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreiep6nhyqkbrfczjrfc7kxv64y67m4i3z4ybasnmehhenivjdhklqy",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:4zlmjfmdbxj3qhzh3qrwdw6u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4p6ghobsc2"
  },
  "coverImage": {
    "$type": "blob",
    "ref": {
      "$link": "bafkreid2b6dixb3ixbzsxz22pb7v6k532edeor4e53stph67mzwc2emfwu"
    },
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "size": 37795
  },
  "path": "/magazine/2026/05/25/the-prehistory-of-ai-slop",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T10:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.newyorker.com",
  "tags": [
    "Magazine / A Critic at Large"
  ],
  "textContent": "Before ChatGPT, there was the Plot Robot, Auto-Beatnik, and a century’s worth of schemes for automating authorship.",
  "title": "The Prehistory of A.I. Slop"
}