AI slop in code is not just broken output. It is generated code that passes tests while making the codebase harder to maintain.
AI slop in code is not the same as code that fails to compile.
That is the important part.
Most AI slop compiles. It passes the happy-path tests. It satisfies the ticket. It looks fine if you skim the diff quickly.
The problem is that it carries the fingerprints of a model completing a prompt, not an engineer thinking through how the system should age. Left alone, those fingerprints turn into technical debt.
