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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It's making fun of the long-standing trend of using abstract generated imagery that fetishizes a technological view of the world while trying to talk about human issues, as well as tacky, over-the-top AI art broadly.

There is also an "anti-meme" trend online that uses literal translations of imagery to make absurdist jokes.