AI Image Disclosures
When I ask an AI to create an image, that prompt is essentially my creative brief - it shows my intent, my biases, and my editorial choices. Hiding that would be like a journalist not disclosing their non-confidential sources or a researcher not including their methodology in their paper.
AI-generated content is everywhere now. We're all still figuring out the ethics. I am going for maximum disclosure.
What began as a simple architectural request—the clean, chamfered-edged limestone facades and dignified columns of institutional Washington—evolved into something altogether more subversive.
The process was methodical. Deliberate. We started with the building itself: those pristine neoclassical lines, the weight of limestone and authority. But then came the human element. The contrast. Young figures below, their digital-age confidence literally muddied. Above them, the ramparts—precisely fifty feet, we specified—occupied by citizens wielding the most ancient forms of protest.
The refinement happened in layers. First, the filth. Then, the chickens. Finally, the careful reduction of chickens—from "many" to "fewer." Each iteration sharpening the satire, distilling the absurdity until only the essential elements remained.
"This is not merely an image. It is a commentary on power, on institutions, on the sometimes ridiculous theater of governance itself."
Created through conversation with artificial intelligence, it embodies the very disruption it depicts.