LLMs show the same 'pastiche from misremembered aesthetics' as humans
sebkrier · x · 2026-11-10
An observation that LLMs reproduce the same 'pastiche from misremembered aesthetics' humans do — a normal part of the nostalgia cycle. Every 'Claude make me frutiger aero / VHS / Windows 95' post shows millennial faux-80s, gen-z faux-90s, and current faux-00s aesthetics.
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