Comment by masswerk
9 days ago
What I'm kind of concerned about is that these images will persist and will be reinforced by positive feedback. Meaning, an adventurous archeologist will be the same very image, forever. We're entering the epitome of dogmatic ages. (And it will be the same corporate images and narratives, over and over again.)
And it's worth considering that this issue isn't unique to image generation, either.
Santa didn't always wear red.
Granted, but not the best example, red and green are the emblematic colours elves wore in northern european cultures. Santa is somewhat syncretic with Robert Goodfellow or Robin Redbreast, Puck, Puca, etc etc. it wasn’t really a cola invention.
E.g., I think, there are now entire generations, who never played anything as a child that wasn't tied in with corporate IP in one way or the other.
Welcome to the great age of slop feedback loops.