It's no coincidence that alt-right people have taken up AI generated artwork so intensely.
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It's no coincidence that alt-right people have taken up AI generated artwork so intensely. It allows bypassing all the ethics and care of typically left-leaning artists. To show the ability to wield aesthetics without the social values tied to those aesthetics is a power move.
This is well covered in "AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism" https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/
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It's no coincidence that alt-right people have taken up AI generated artwork so intensely. It allows bypassing all the ethics and care of typically left-leaning artists. To show the ability to wield aesthetics without the social values tied to those aesthetics is a power move.
This is well covered in "AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism" https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/
@cwebber While I agree with your point and your concerns it is worth noting that AI generated artwork has been used by freedom orientated activists.
For example, the wedding scene preceding the film, The People's Joker was an exemplary (albeit crude) approach at satire as a means of appropriating cultural markers. The use of an AI generated Carson was an effective mechanism for setting mood.
Nethertheless, Vera Drew's speech (future suffering from the film's infamy) makes clear such asymmetries
