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“Elaine Benes drinking from a lava lamp in the style of Rembrandt”

Screenshot: Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo)
Screenshot: Shoshana Wodinsky (Gizmodo)

Quick disclaimer—though it depends on the contents, it’s safe to say that drinking the contents of a lava lamp probably won’t kill you. You will definitely have a bad time though, which is what I’m assuming Elaine is experiencing here. I’m certainly having a bad time looking at her. She might also be having a bad time because DALL-E took my request for a Rembrandt-style painting as an invitation to turn her into one of the pilgrims that the artist was so fond of painting. It’s one thing to be subjected to an AI-generated reality where you’re forced to reckon with the gastrointestinal consequences of your beverage choices; it’s another to wear starchy, heavy, hella unflattering pilgrim garb at the same time.