Fear-mongering cartoons: when researchers definitely said stuff they didn't



A meme featuring a fake news broadcast screenshot showing two identical bald men in tan blazers with unnaturally wide mouths appearing shocked. The image satirizes conspiracy theories about aliens/masks/deep fakes on news broadcasts, with a red circle highlighting supposed artificiality on one figur...
A shirtless man wearing a black and green cowboy hat plays a trumpet while DJing at what appears to be a music festival or event (Wunderground). The image includes a humorous caption claiming that trumpet player Timmy Trumpet has been declared 'AI-proof' because artificial intelligence is supposedly...



A stylized promotional image featuring a man wearing a VR headset being embraced from behind by a semi-transparent woman rendered in soft pink/purple lighting. The image uses dramatic backlighting and an intimate pose to create a sensual aesthetic, paired with an inflammatory generational claim as c...
A man in glasses and dark clothing stands on a stage against a black background with blue curtains, positioned as if giving a presentation or talk. The image is formatted as a meme with large white text at the top reading 'Futurism' and at the bottom declaring 'AI IS KILLING MICROSOFT', creating an ...



A pop-art style image featuring a bearded man in profile examining or manipulating two colorful spheres (one blue, one pink) against a bright yellow background. The aesthetic is vibrant and retro-futuristic with bold primary colors. The image serves as a visual wrapper for an alarmist headline about...
A tech article header asking why AI agents causing chaos aren't being stopped, paired with an illustration of a distressed AI robot surrounded by error symbols (404, ERROR, warning triangles, lightning bolts, and a laptop). The robot has X eyes and a sad face, embodying digital malfunction and uncon...



A scarecrow figure with a straw hat topped by a camera lens replaces its head, wearing a red plaid shirt and blue denim overalls, with arms outstretched against a dramatic sky background. The image combines rural Americana aesthetics with dystopian surveillance themes, presented as a fake news alert...
A darkly lit image showing a person's face illuminated by intense blue and yellow light, creating an eerie, dramatic atmosphere. The figure appears distressed or intensely focused. The caption overlays a sensationalist headline about AI chatbot studies, suggesting commentary on human-AI interaction ...



A dramatic image showing a glowing nuclear reactor core or atomic bomb interior with concentric rings of yellow and orange heat, centered on a bright spherical object with a red band. The aesthetic is intensely warm and ominous. Below is an alarmist caption joking about AI safety risks. Extracted ...
Three red/orange plush toys (a rabbit, a furry creature with dark hair, and a teddy bear) are displayed against a light blue grid background in a futuristic aesthetic. The image presents an alarmist claim about children's toys containing adult AI systems, paired with a retro-futuristic visual style....



A black and white photograph of a man wearing glasses and a suit with a patterned tie, set against a vibrant yellow and red halftone dot background. The image is styled like pop art propaganda with 'Futurism' as the header and an alarmist caption about an 'Anthropic CEO' warning of a 'tsunami.' The ...
A meme featuring Pope John Paul II in white vestments against an orange/warm-toned background with other religious figures blurred behind him. The image uses a photoshopped/edited style to make the Pope's expression appear knowing and slightly smug. The caption sarcastically frames a hypothetical sc...



A headshot photo of a smiling man with reddish-brown hair and beard against a decorative patterned background. The image is paired with a caption suggesting an absurd scenario where someone's online antagonist was revealed to be a malfunctioning artificial intelligence rather than a human. Extract...
Mind you this is what ai is doing to peoples homes. Some cant even let fresh air in bc the smell from the data centers is so bad. But yeah go say its creative



A news screenshot featuring a smiling man in a plaid shirt against a stylized background with the Spotify logo. The headline claims Spotify's top developers have stopped writing code since December due to AI adoption, presented as a serious news item. Extracted text: AI NEWS Spotify co-CEO says it...
A close-up shot of a bald man with heavily darkened eye makeup staring intensely at the camera with an unsettling expression. The image is captioned with a sensational claim about ChatGPT allegedly convincing someone with psychosis of delusional beliefs. The LAD Bible watermark indicates this is fro...



A dramatic, darkly lit image of a person in distress with their head tilted back, wearing what appears to be a red/orange jacket against a black background. The image uses high contrast lighting with green and warm tones to create an ominous, unsettling mood. The text overlays form a sensationalist ...
Increasing discomfort: AI and social media need new norms of regulation The Grok controversy shows how fast-moving AI is outpacing laws, forcing governments to rethink how to curb explicit content without undermining free speech AI can be used to generate images of generically realistic individual...



A classical portrait painting (appears to be from early 1900s) of a stern-looking man in period clothing with a black hat and pink collar, repurposed as a meme. Yellow text overlaid warns that future doctors are using ChatGPT to pass medical school, with a darkly humorous threat implying this means ...