The controversy over the authorship of a viral meme from the sequel has been resolved. The image of Miranda Priestly in a fast-food restaurant with the text do you want lies with that? was created by artist Alexis Franklin using Procreate and Photoshop. Its deliberately imperfect appearance fooled many, who assumed it was generated by artificial intelligence.
Manual technique to mimic AI flaws 🎨
Franklin used digital brushes and blur layers to replicate the typical errors of automatic generators. The blurry letters and characteristic golden tone were applied by hand, without algorithmic intervention. The artist aimed to make the meme look cheap and careless, just what one expects from machine-created content. The result confused even users trained in detecting synthetic art, proving that manual imitation can be more effective than AI itself.
Fans celebrate that a human imitates better than a robot 😂
The revelation has been received with relief and a touch of irony. It turns out that to fool AI detectors, all you need is a talented human willing to make a crappy meme. Fans of the film consider this reinforces its message: handcrafted work remains necessary, even if it's to look like a digital mess. In the end, the best defense against artificial intelligence is for a person to try hard to do it worse.