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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

these fucking ai chodes have no fucking soul of their own so of course they're happy to pull shit like this

[–] Carrots@quokk.au 15 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ambitious_bones@lemmy.world 20 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This painting was purposefully left unfinished by Haring to represent his life being cut short by AIDS. It has sometimes been described as a self-portrait, with the incomplete nature of the piece representing Haring's unfinished career and the art he would not be able to create.[1][4] This painting has also been described as a statement on the AIDS epidemic's destruction of the gay community and culture, with the sudden shift into blank canvas indicating the sudden onset of the pandemic.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Oh nooo, the slop made it into the article

In 2023, the painting gained additional public notice when a Twitter user used an artificial intelligence (AI) software to "complete" the unfinished painting.[10] The tweet went viral and sparked widespread discussion on the use of AI in art and on the original intent and statement of the artist. Many found the action to be disrespectful, both in that the "completion" ignored Haring's artistic autonomy and that it changed the aspect of the painting which stood as a memorial to those who died to the AIDS epidemic.

[–] Carrots@quokk.au 2 points 9 hours ago

That’s dumb. Nothing that happens on twitter should make it to Wikipedia.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

The one on the bottom looks like a god damn ignoramus tried to finish. Then again, invoke a mentally deficient computer and that's always the result you get.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 16 hours ago

Jesus

Sometimes you don't even need the computer, just the ignoramus.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

An ignoramus did try to finish it, using AI. This is the same thing as people facetuning self portraits of Frida Kahlo.