Ice Nine Kills Sarcastically Doubles Down on Use of A.I. Art
We’re no fans of the growing proliferation of A.I. around these parts. They devalue the actual work that real, honest-to-goodness artists put in to hone their craft and create genuinely human feeling art. Thankfully, a lot of you guys feel the same way. So when a big band like Ice Nine Kills uses A.I. to promote a sale, they got an earful of pushback over the weekend.
The violating imagery in question was to promote a Memorial Day sale going on at the band’s merch page. In it, Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger of the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street horror film series, respectfully, grilling up some meat for a presumed barbecue for the American observance.
Almost immediately, fans called out the band for using A.I. The general vibe could be summed up pretty succinctly with one phrase: “fuck A.I., you got the money —pay small artists.” And that’s exactly correct. It’s wild to use A.I. to promote the actual art created by real humans you’re trying to sell.
In response to the pushback, Ice Nine Kills posted another tweet, only this time doubling down on the whole thing with another AI generated image, only this time it was the band with huge muscles and dressed in suits in a way that only a shitty algorithm could make look completely grotesque and unappealing. Their statement was defiant:
“We are vigorously investigating the disturbing claims that a recent promotional image was sloppily birthed by AI. We solemnly pledge to get to the bottom of this horrific headline-making crime against Redditors. For now, enjoy our new promo photo, taken just moments ago.”
Okay, that’s kinda funny. Still shitty because fuck A.I., but that’s a good one. But still, fuck A.I. — posting shit like this just further tries to normalize the use of A.I. art instead of art created by actual humans. Sure, it costs nothing to create, but you get what you paid for with A.I. art, which if you look at the initial offending image, you’d think killers like Jason and Freddy Krueger would know to use the correct side of a blade when cutting up meat. They’re no amateurs.
