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Posted on 11/22/2025 10:07:18 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Earlier this week, locals in Kingston upon Thames, a small borough south-west of London, were perturbed by “scenes of Lovecraftian horror” in the form of two enormous murals that appear to have been sloppily generated by AI to celebrate the holiday season.
The murals showed horrifyingly disfigured people, animals and even a demented snowman, harkening back to a not-so-distant past when AI image generators struggled to generate pictures of hands with five fingers.
Some joked the murals were put up to “celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu,” while others questioned how such “carnage” was approved in the first place.
The dubious artwork appears to have proven controversial enough for the affected buildings’ owners to tear it down, as local journalism outlet London Centric reports — though not for the obvious reason that one would assume.
A “well-placed source” told the publication that the art was created by artist Mat Collishaw, who is known for using AI to create well-reviewed art. But while Collishaw has yet to publicly assume responsibility, London Centric reported that the artwork wasn’t being taken down because it was lazy or nightmare-inducing. instead, onlookers reportedly took issue with the AI slop’s purported political message.
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Iv’e always wanted a Labraeagle.
Knew someone who had a Cthulhu. Long one.
The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind. [1921] That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die. [1926] The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
Oh, and Happy Christmas.
Probably also portrayed Santa Claus as a black woman.
My company’s old corporate headquarters is being torn down, and the company buying the property had a bunch of AI generated promotional posters attached to the chain link fence around the perimeter.
One was Ruth Bader Ginsberg as an astronaut. Another was Einstein on a skate board. One was Steve Jobs sitting in a pile of apples. The last was early ‘70s John Lennon, decked out in a yellow suit, sticking through the top of a yellow submarine.
“Yellow Submarine”? Isn’t that a Ringo song? The whole thing was hackneyed. It reminds me of the early period of desktop publishing, when people thought that just because you HAD 50 fonts, you had to use them all, resulting in the “Ransom Note Effect”.
They’re yanking it because it’s offensive to migrants? Not because snow melts and it’s sometimes wet AF? That’s insane.
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