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Tell HN: Something quite unique is happening with memes and AI
There's been a recent trend of popular vines being modified by AI and extended or remixed. These are becoming popular and potentially "rewriting" how people remember the original vine.
Think of the Mandela Effect x 100 speedrun.
I've collected a few of them here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8SXPGfRnRZ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8TLyrlsyPr/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8NzZrvP5QQ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8SBxQUxgq6/
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8SFmRTRHI6/
What do you guys think? What will these AI do to internet culture? What is real really? The original or the AI version if it's more popular?
- ksaj 2y agoBy definition these are continuations of the meme. If a meme stops changing and being adapted, it's no longer a meme - it's just an old image or video clip. There's nothing wrong with having an interest in the "original meme," but there is nothing in the concept that says we should or must. Like the Ship of Theseus, we have to assume eventually every living meme changes so much it becomes difficult to connect it to the Oh-Gee.