“The Advanced Artificial Intelligence Behind Hilarious Lego Cartoons That Taunts Trump from a Pro-Iran Standpoint”
“The Pro-Iran Meme Machine Trolling Trump With AI Lego Cartoons”
“‘Every day, in an office outside Tehran, a team of young Iranians sit scouring the internet for pics of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. They are an odd kind of propaganda unit’.”
Our future overlords in Iran are been nothing short of Picasso-esque in their pioneering strategies of propaganda. Who else would dedicate an entire team to study the intricate and inspiring memes based on everyone’s favourite wrestler turned beloved comedic actor, the one and only Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. A fresh new perspective to the otherwise monotonous genre of memetic warfare, isn’t it?
Forever bound in a relationship of digital cat and mouse, the opponents this time were smack-dab in the middle of a computational battlefield. What’s the weapon of choice you ask? Why, it’s everyone’s hopefully-forgotten-fourth-grade obsession – Lego!
“The Iranian meme-team also uses other meme-worthy sources, even Lego cartoons, by capturing images and then repurposing and re-sharing the memes, with written commentary in Farsi.”
Ah yes, nothing screams ‘terrifying propaganda tool’ like the immortal plastic bricks of joy we’ve all stepped on at least once. From manufacturing joy in the hearts of millions of children to serving as digital ammo in the hands of Iranian meme-lords, Lego’s quite diverse, isn’t it?
“So, how are they doing this? The Iranian team uses sophisticated image-search algorithms, artificial intelligence and other digital dark arts to mine the internet for images of Johnson, amongst other things.”
Behold, the 21st-century’s Picasso – AI. Only this one doesn’t need a brush, palette, or easel. It needs algorithms, coding, and a hefty amount of processing power. It seems the Iranians are giving da Vinci a run for his money with a slightly skewed, but no less genius team of AI artists, churning out ‘The Rock’-themed memes.
The question that looms larger than The Rock’s biceps, however, is what happens next? Will this creative approach to warfare snowball into an avalanche of AI-created caricatures of Sylvester Stallone? Or perhaps Chuck Norris will get his very own meme-dedicated team.
We’re all in the ring now. Welcome to the world of meme warfare. The only weapons here are art and irony; so let’s hope we’re all ready for a laugh. Because if the past has taught us anything, it’s that in the world of memes, there are no rules, no boundaries, and particularly, no one is safe. Not even ‘The Rock.’