The possibilities of artificial intelligence have also aroused the interest of meme makers.
Artificial intelligence can also be used to make believable art. Illustration picture. DALL-E/Simo Sahla
Artificial intelligence is developing at a fast pace and there are now many tools that utilize artificial intelligence. Now internet meme makers have adopted artificial intelligence and the popularity of internet memes made with artificial intelligence is growing.
One of the most popular items is editing movies so that the characters of the movie are in the fashion show of the French fashion house Balenciaga.
The characters in the films say a familiar phrase from the film, but in a way that is related to fashion or the Balenciaga brand. For example, in the Harry Potter movie, the utterance “You’re a wizard, Harry” has changed to “You’re Balenciaga, Harry”. The video in question has been viewed more than 8 million times during the month.
Behind the wizarding school fashion show craze is a YouTube user with the moniker demonflyingfox.
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Several different versions of the video have also been made. There are also versions of the Balenciaga meme based on the Shrek animation and the Breaking Bad series.
The popularity of the Balenciaga meme started to grow after a picture of him wearing a Balenciaga jacket appeared online of Pope Francis. The image made with Midjourney artificial intelligence was first shared on Facebook, from where it spread from the discussion board via Reddit to the rest of the internet.
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Many thought the photo was real.
The Pope’s popularity was surprising
The Pope’s Balenciaga meme is based on a Chicago construction man Pablo Xavier31. American BuzzFeed reached out to Xavier to comment on the meme.
– I’m trying to think of something fun to do and then the idea of the Pope in a plush Moncler jacket by Balenciaga dawned on me, Xavier stated.
Xavier’s brother had passed away earlier. According to him, the pictures made with artificial intelligence are one of his ways of dealing with grief.
After taking the first pictures of the Pope, he decided to share them in the AI Art Universe group on Facebook, after which he shared the pictures on Reddit. The popularity of the pictures surprised Xavier.
– I just thought it was funny to see the Pope in a funny jacket. I didn’t think it would become so popular.
A few hours after Xavier had shared the photos on the Reddit forum, he was banned from the service. He thinks that using well-known people for content created with artificial intelligence would cross a line.
Believable content with artificial intelligence
In addition to memes, artificial intelligence has been used to produce other seemingly genuine content. Supplier Eliot Higgins got Midjourney curfew to the service after sharing pictures of Trump’s arrest made with that artificial intelligence.
In addition, the winner of Sony’s photography competition was also revealed to be made by artificial intelligence.
Several experts and authorities are also concerned about content produced with artificial intelligence. The images are also becoming increasingly difficult to identify and verifying their authenticity is becoming more and more difficult.