The botched painting ended up 1000x more recognizable than the good one
wordgrammer · x · 2026-10-04
A meme comparing two paintings: the botched one on the right became 1000x more recognizable than the polished one on the left — a nod to the infamous Ecce Homo restoration. 'Being able to mess up and be remembered' is framed as something beautiful about humanity, with replies wishing AI art could fail as memorably.
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