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Episode 62: AI Slop and the New Fascist Aesthetic with Roland Meyer

Episode 62: AI Slop and the New Fascist Aesthetic with Roland Meyer

Update: 2025-03-111
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Why have our new right-wing overlords taken such a shine to chintzy, shiny AI slop? What is persuasive about these phony, artless, slightly desperate images? How do they originate, and how do they circulate? For this episode, Moira and Adrian are joined by Roland Meyer, who is a professor of digital cultures and arts at the University of Zurich and the University of the Arts in Zurich, Switzerland. If you're trying to picture the kinds of image they're discussing, it might be helpful to check out Roland's huge thread on Bluesky. And if you're trying to follow along with our discussion of specific images, we have collected a bunch of the examples we discuss in the episode here.

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Episode 62: AI Slop and the New Fascist Aesthetic with Roland Meyer

Episode 62: AI Slop and the New Fascist Aesthetic with Roland Meyer