AI prototype became a months-long hand rework, turning it into a Ship of Theseus joke
mimi10v3 · x · 2026-07-24
An AI prototype was only the starting point: the creator says he hand-reworked it for months until almost every pixel was human-made.
The joke is a “Ship of Theseus” for AI art, arguing that people calling everything “AI slop” may be missing how often AI drafts get heavily edited into final work.
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