Is this what happens when techbros try to make art? (its AI slop, of course it is)
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2025
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Funnier: Yes, it's what happens today, and Silicon Valley is old enough that we can compare and contrast with the beginning of techbro art! The original techbro film is Toy Story (1995), which is much weirder if viewed with e.g. the precept that Buzz's designers are Elon fans or the idea that (some of) the toys are robots. Of course, from the outside, AI toy robots make folks think of Small Soldiers (1998); "generic" and "slop" are definitely part of the style. Also, as long as we're talking of "pearly blobs" I have to bring up The Abyss (1989) before anybody else. I hope at least one of these is a lucky 10000 for you because they're all classic films.
I tend to think of Toys (1992) for these sorts of themes though I haven't watched the film from start to finish since I was a kid. It's about the militarization of a wealthy family toy factory and has a lot of scenes that stuck with me.
It's a Christmas family movie that reviewed horribly so definitely counts as a cult classic, but those who like it tend to really like it.
Yes that is what people want, more generic shit.
Those faces all look like there's a shooty shooty 🔫 aimed at their head just of camera.
God, the faces. Why don't the boosters see how wrong the expressions are? Especially the videos, half the time they look like serial killers who are about to sneeze.
One interesting thing about smiling is that a genuine smile engages muscles in the face that can't be consciously moved. Hence a fake smile always feels off somewhat, since those muscles aren't being moved.
Why don’t the boosters see how wrong the expressions are?
Its because boosters literally cannot tell good art from slop. As far as these soulless, artless husks are concerned, both are mere Units of Content^tm^ to be mindlessly consumed, and nothing more. The heart and soul put into an excellent story, the years of experience beaming off a masterful painting, the blood, sweat and tears put into an animated magnum opus, all of it is utterly fucking incompehensible to them. They literally lack the basic artistic insight necessary to understand it.
Its basically the same thing with the NFT fad of a few years ago - NFT "art" is just as soulless and hollow as any piece of AI slop spewed out onto the Internet nowadays, but that didn't register to the capital-brained filth who were attracted to them like flies to shit.
The only thing that is allowed to tell good art from slop is the AI which needs to consume good art and not slop.
a bouncing liquid blob that looks like an Oglaf character might not be the best pitch
heh
Firing the graphic design team is turning out to be a terrible idea.
Thanks. I hate it.
are they just reinventing clippy but now it will remind you about eating your daily recommended pebble?
This is the dumbest timeline.