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Artists Excluding AI Bros Meme

An animated meme depicting four animated hands labeled 'Digital artist', 'Traditional artist', 'Sculptors', and 'Animators' collectively pulling a rope. The rope is labeled 'AI Bros'. At the bottom, bold text reads 'NO, N-NOT YOU, SEAMUS,' humorously excluding 'AI Bros' from the artist group, satirizing tension between traditional artists and AI content creators.
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Various artists (Digital, Traditional, Sculptors, Animators) united in pulling a rope labeled 'AI Bros', excluding them.

Overview

An animated meme depicting four animated hands labeled 'Digital artist', 'Traditional artist', 'Sculptors', and 'Animators' collectively pulling a rope. The rope is labeled 'AI Bros'. At the bottom, bold text reads 'NO, N-NOT YOU, SEAMUS,' humorously excluding 'AI Bros' from the artist group, satirizing tension between traditional artists and AI content creators.

Origin notes

Originates from Reddit as a user-created animated meme. Likely made with basic animation software, combining labeled characters and text overlay to satirize exclusion of 'AI Bros' from the traditional artist community.

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