AI'S AESTHETICS OF FAILURE

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

AI technology, despite its sophistication, has been plagued by poor aesthetics that even supporters like Nvidia's CEO call "slop." OpenAI shut down its video generation app Sora this week after usage plummeted from 6 million to 1.5 million monthly downloads due to users finding it unpleasant and unfun to use. The platform was dominated by tasteless content and glitched-out videos that failed to engage audiences beyond initial novelty.