Creating Marxist Propaganda posters with AI

I never thought that AI Art would cause me to want to write another article. If you have been living under a rock, apps like Midjourney have gained incredible popularity recently. MidJourney is an AI art bot that scans images from the internet and uses user generated prompts to create art. It is up to the user to tweak and play with the wording, which can lead to incredible art or very mundane art. Essentially, the opportunities to create great art is endless, as long as you as the user respect the artform and think about how to shape your query to create the art in the first place.

For my first journey into the application, I chose to spend some time on Communist propaganda posters. I have always enjoyed the style of these posters from history, especially their powerful messaging and imagery, and thought the AI would have a lot of content to play with.

And it did not dissapoint.

To finish it off, I visited the ChatGPT AI program to write me some Marxist text that would accompany such a poster. The below text is written completely by the AI program.

“Workers of the world, unite!

Join the revolutionary movement to overthrow the capitalist system and build a society where the means of production are owned and controlled by the working class.

Together, we can achieve a fair distribution of wealth and resources, and put an end to the exploitation of the working class by the wealthy elite.

Join us in the struggle for a socialist future, where all will have the opportunity to live a fulfilling life, free from poverty and oppression.

Join the Communist Party. The future is ours.”

Join me next week when I explore Van Gogh if he were to live in the future.