A new browser extension called Slop Evader is taking a radical approach to restore trust in online information. The tool works as a filter. It will filter search results to only show online content published before November 30, 2022. It was the day ChatGPT launched. This will ensure that users only see human-created material.
Tega Brain, Slop Evader’s artists, creator and researcher, says that she developed the extension out of worry for how generative AI has reshaped the internet.
“This sowing of mistrust in our relationship with media is a huge thing,” she said, pointing to tools like Sora 2 that blur the boundary between genuine and artificial content. As the simplest form of refusal, she says, the extension intentionally freezes search results in a pre-AI era: “only search before 2022.”
How does the extension work?
Google’s search API is used by the extension to filter results. The extension currently supports per-GPT archives for seven major platforms, including MumsNet, Stack Exchange, Reddit and YouTube. This extension will ensure you only see the content produced by humans.
However, there is a negative impact. Slop Evade will not show you anything after November 30, 20222. No matter how critical or time sensitive it is. Using Slop Evader is both refreshing and depressing and it takes you back to a world that was completely human built which no longer exists.
Not a Full Solution
The creator Brain acknowledges the extension’s limitations. She says that it will eventually export to more sites. Tega also seeks to release a version powered by DuckDuckGo rather than Google. According to her Slop Evader is not meant to replace modern search tools but provoke discussion.
The main goal is to make such search filters that filter put AI-generated content in present time.
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