Saturday, June 29, 2024

The "Really" File - ("Hot" Jesus?)

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Genesis 6:6

"Jesus is punching the devil on Facebook.
The two are in a boxing ring. Jesus is wearing a pair of white boxing shorts with his name embroidered on the waistband. He is ripped
beyond belief; not only does he have six-pack abs, but every muscle on his body is bulging. Jesus is hitting the devil directly on the chin, a knockout blow. “Nunca te arrepentiras de darle me gusta a esta foto”—“You will never regret liking this photo”—the caption reads in part, followed by a bunch of spam hashtags.

In another image, Jesus has icy-blue eyes. A bloody cross adorns his forehead. He looks like the actor Jared Leto.
Hot AI Jesus hath risen. 
The son of God, as rendered by modern artificial intelligence, is chiseled and has startlingly good hair.
From the "Really" File

These depictions of Christ are at times extremely popular on Facebook and Instagram. Jesus, hot or not, is a significant motif in this era of online AI junk; he is to AI Facebook spam as water lilies are to Monet, and dancers to Degas. Spend enough time scrolling the AI wastelands of social media, and you will likely encounter him, in all his glory.
Hot Jesus appears to be catnip for users on Facebook, where he is routinely posted to generate engagement.
The mysterious people running these AI-junk Facebook pages must have some financial incentive to create this spam, though it’s unclear precisely how they’re profiting from them." Atlantic

REALLY?