“AI;DR” is new internet speak for AI-generated slop posts have just dropped. It is a riff on the initialism “TL;DR” (“too long; didn’t read”), which is often wielded as a criticism of a piece of writing simply too long or confusing to be worth the time it takes to read.

The AI slopification of LinkedIn, X, and other social media platforms has been much discussed. A 2024 study found that more than 50% of long-form LinkedIn posts are likely AI-assisted—a surprise to exactly no one who has spent more than a few minutes scrolling the feed. That number has likely only increased in recent years, as AI becomes more embedded in our daily processes. We’re now entering the era of “AI unless proven otherwise.”

Often the intent behind these AI-slop posts is metrics and engagement at the expense of quality writing. LinkedIn’s algorithm slurps it up, so everyone keeps churning out more of it. 

Now, internet users are refusing to give the slop machines what they want, calling out clearly AI-generated posts with the declaration “ai;dr” (“artificial intelligence; didn’t read”). Because why bother reading something someone else couldn’t be bothered to write?

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This is not the first anti-AI term to enter the lexicon. Google Trends data showed a spike in searches for “clanker” (a Star Wars-inspired insult used to mock robots and AI systems) in mid-2025. On an X thread, suggestions for what to call users of X’s AI chatbot Grok included “Grokkers,” “Groklins,” and “Grocksuckers.” Meanwhile, on TikTok, someone came up with “sloppers” to describe people who are becoming increasingly overreliant on ChatGPT. 

The actual word of the year for 2025, as crowned by Merriam-Webster, was “slop”—summing up the general mood. 

AI;DR was coined on Threads by developer David Minnigerode in response to AI safety researcher Mrinank Sharma’s resignation letter from Anthropic. “Sorry, that is definitely tl;dr. But also kinda ai;dr. Some of those sentences…yeesh,” Minnigerode wrote. 

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