An artist started getting canceled over a painting in the style of GTA IV gameplay - he proved to activists that it was not \"AI slop\"

Some individuals with an active civic stance try to find traces of artificial intelligence work everywhere.

Artist Shone_ggx recently presented several paintings in the style of video games that attracted the attention of gamer fans of the original projects.

For example, Shone_ggx's portfolio includes a painting in the style of Bloodborne:

He also presented a painting dedicated to Grand Theft Auto IV — it depicts not only the main character, but also the interface.

The posts went viral, and activists reacted to the post by accusing the artist of publishing \"AI slop\" (allegedly the \"paintings\" were generated by AI).

In response, Shone_ggx published a selection of frames showing the process of working on the painting: