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highplainsdem

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9. Chinese rap is also called C-rap. But those aren't pronounced as a 1-syllable word. They're not
Thu May 28, 2026, 10:18 PM
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considered crap.

I didn't come up with the CRAP acronym or the description of AI slop art as "Computer Rendered Artificial Pictures." That's something the artist who wrote this op-ed referred to, but she doesn't say where she heard it first, or if she knows who might've used the term first.

The term has been around for over a year. Just googled it. See these posts on Threads from April of last year.


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