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It is interesting to contrast this reaction with widespread blocking and calling for laws with the reaction to Kanye West’s Famous video which featured a wax mo
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
It is interesting to contrast this reaction with widespread blocking and calling for laws with the reaction to Kanye West’s Famous video which featured a wax model of a naked Taylor Swift in bed with him.
https://www.robertreeveslaw.com/blog/famous-video-kanye/ https://www.robertreeveslaw.com/blog/famous-video-kanye/
There is almost an elitism that things are ok as long as someone famous does them but if the common people do things, then there is outrage and a desire to involve the law against them.
- thih9 3y agoTrue, that wasn’t ok either. At the same time this instance seems more dangerous, due to the obvious - scale, availability, technology advancements in an unregulated field, also the level of explicit content. I see no elitism. If Kanye distributed explicit AI deepfake, there would be similar outrage. If a “common person” made a wax model of a celebrity and recorded a music video, they would be labeled a weirdo at most.
- kkarakk 3y agoAs andy warhol said - "Art is what you can get away with". Kanye gets a (heavily frowned upon)pass because there is an inherent artistic and cultural commentary sensibility to the video.