FEED ME : Skulls, Data, and the Death of Ethics in Art

Medium: Acrylic on Paper

Theme: Satire on AI & Creativity

"Feed Me" is one of my darker, more satirical works—a fuzzy, ugly, semi-robotic monster that grotesquely lifts an artist with its long tongue while excreting skulls. The image is unsettling on purpose. It mirrors what I felt when ChatGPT 4.0 released its viral “Ghibli art” update.

When I created Feed Me, my newsfeed was overflowing with Ghibli-style AI art. At first glance, it looked playful—but beneath it was something unsettling. The very soul of Studio Ghibli’s work, rooted in deep stories and painstaking craft, was stripped away and reduced to a hollow template. Without the consent of its creators, their intellectual property was consumed and regurgitated, leaving behind only surface-level charm.

Overnight, what once seemed like a tool for words became a machine endlessly devouring art—every brushstroke, every creation—stripped from its ethical roots, reduced to just another dataset.

This piece is my critique of how technology can distort creativity when it moves without responsibility. The monster is both fascinating and repulsive—it thrives only on consuming, never creating. The skulls it shits out represent not just death, but the emptiness left behind when genuine human imagination is swallowed up and regurgitated as hollow mimicry.

As an artist, I paint because creation is sacred—it is born from living, from joy and grief, from memory and struggle. A brushstroke carries not just form but soul, something no dataset can replicate. Feed Me is more than satire; it is a reflection on the times we live in.

We now stand at a threshold where machines can mimic beauty, but without the breath of life that gives art its power. What happens when creation becomes mere fuel for algorithms? When artists themselves are reduced to fodder in an endless cycle of consumption?

Feed Me is a reminder that the future of art must be shaped with care—a future where ethics guide innovation, human imagination is honoured, and the living artist remains the true vessel of creativity. In these times, if we are not mindful, the monster of unchecked AI consumption risks stripping away the humanity from art. This work calls us to protect artists, honour their stories, and remember that true creativity cannot be manufactured—it must be lived, experienced, and felt.

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Artwork by Roshni Ali

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