“We were each fighting a version of ourself that looked similar but that was uncanny, twisted in a way to which we didn’t consent.”
– Cartoonist
Sarah Andersen, on the similarities between troll- and AI-generated “shadow selves.” First, the alt-right hijacked Anderson’s work to spread neo-Nazi ideology, then
Stable Diffusion allowed for easy imitation of her and concept artist
Greg Rutkowski’s distinct styles.
