These AI-generated Dukes Nukem never asked to be born
I have to be honest here, AI art bots like DALL-E(opens in new tab) scare the hell out of me, our overly sanguine tech mavericks once again announcing, «Man creating a thinking machine in his own image is rad as hell, actually!» These little man-made horrors beyond our comprehension have given us one unambiguous gift, however: some utterly sublime shitposts.
Case in point: this series of AI-generated Dukes Nukem from the mind of 3D artist @donhonk(opens in new tab) on Twitter and the thrumming, unthinking creation engine that is Midjourney. Inspired by the tireless Dukeposting of Twitter fixture, @KinoFabino(opens in new tab) and the recent leak of the 2001 build of Duke Nukem Forever(opens in new tab), donhonk set about producing some really messed up Dukes.
'duke nukem forever' as made by ai pic.twitter.com/gWp73IDD78June 2, 2022
This first round really sets the tone. That one in the bottom left with Duke facing away from the camera, «Forever» embroidered on the back of his jacket actually goes kinda hard, all things considered. A little human touch and it could be a poster or box art for a Duke revival, maybe. That portrait in the top left though? You can't convince me that's not just a conservative British politician wearing sunglasses. I'd check with our colleagues across the pond, but they're all on bloody holiday for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee (innit).
its time to ass and chew pic.twitter.com/QPFbZqZ94oJune 2, 2022
«Aging Tory staring down an office harassment scandal» really seems to be Midjourney's touchstone for close-ups of Duke's face. This is not the hero of my youth.
'duke nukem trending on artstation unreal engine 5' continues! pic.twitter.com/3XcYmkR8IwJune 2, 2022
Donhonk gets a little spicy here with
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