Slop Cross‑Subsidizes AI Capability

Mass‑consumed AI 'slop' (low‑effort content) can generate revenue and data that fund training and refinement of high‑end 'world‑modeling' skills in AI systems. Rather than degrading the ecosystem, the slop layer could be the business model that pays for deeper capabilities. — This flips a dominant critique of AI content pollution by arguing it may finance the very capabilities policymakers and researchers want to advance.