HN is getting filled with AI generated articles and comments too. There's very few places safe from the avalanche of slop coming.

Yes! You are absolutely correct! (Pun intended)

One way to combat this would be to force users to stake something. Pay 10 bucks to your account and if you misbehave by spamming or posting only AI slop, you lose it. Brings with it other problems, of course.

That's true but it's just like with ICOs, the so-called Web3.0 and so on - there is a percentage of people aggressively promoting these, with a part of the community getting fascinated like with everything new, then with time novelty fades and people have a more balanced view of the new tech and these things get downvoted quickly.

The solution is a social one. Most of the reason it's a problem in the first place is people defending/propagating slop as if it's worth something. The quantity isn't so high that community moderation can't handle it if it becomes socially unacceptable.