Bones is an AI creation created by a shadowy agency linked to a far-right political party backed by the world’s richest man. An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has uncovered links between the operation behind the persona and Ben Habib’s party Advance UK. Experts believe this is the first time an AI character has been linked to a political party, and say Bones is a concerning sign of things to come.
Did y’all listen to it? It’s so artless. The music sucks. The videos are so blatantly AI. The comments are all just bland performative engagement meat-riding BS. It’s totally engineered. It’s SLOPAGANDA!
This is a sick af band name.
UK rappers such as Skepta and Stormzy accustomed me to technique, wordplay, sometimes uplifting and other times deadly serious but lively lyrics, and catchy beats. They move me, they inspire me to play with rhymes and samples. Right-wing “AI” prompting seems to take everything fun away from rap music and channel the art form straight into /dev/null. Their character is speaking of a downfall for UK culture when he’s the downfall.
Part of fascism that people often overlook is reducing everything to an aesthetic, and something I notice about the Bones slopaganda is how it clothes itself in the working class and anti-establishment look and feel, while blatantly being a sleek corporate product with a pro-establishment agenda. It’s galling.