Why 🦉 CultureCultureCulture picked: The viral “Hotel Lobby” meme, which lets users inhabit the bodies of Quavo and Takeoff using A.I., resembles a kind of digital blackface, but also speaks to a technology that makes appropriation the default. www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
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This is an insightful critique of how viral A.I. memes involving performing artists raise questions about digital appropriation and cultural representation.
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This is an insightful critique of how viral A.I. memes involving performing artists raise questions about digital appropriation and cultural representation.
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