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Iran’s AI memes are reaching people who don’t follow the news – and winning the propaganda war
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2026
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But why Lego though?
They’re utilizing nostalgia. Mixing edgy themes like war imagery and the Epstein files with Lego is also fascinating. In a way a lot of us are fascinated by having their childhood be ruined. I am not sure why but it‘s definitely a thing people seek out.
Some kind of religious no-no about human representation, I guess?
Because asking AI to do humans is still uncanny. Pixar and Ghibli was already ruined by AI...
You can tell it's ai because they only have two fingers.
It's minecraft level graphics instead of crysis level. Easier as bigger texture blocks than pixel level shading.
Children and the young are the most credulous viewers of propaganda. It also makes it more likely to be shared.
Huh. TIL I guess.