Viral thread misattributes lorem ipsum AI image to late design master Koichi Sato
round · x · 2026-10-10
A thread praising "atmospheric gradients by Koichi Sato (1944-2016)" got called out by @firstclassrice: the image literally contains lorem ipsum placeholder text and is clearly an AI-generated image from a random Pinterest account, not the late Japanese postmodernist's work. The exchange sparked pushback against slapping a deceased master's name onto AI slop.
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