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Fear Factory's new music video criticized as "AI slop"

The band Fear Factory, influential in the cyberpunk genre, has released a new music video that has been criticized as "AI slop." The band's work has reportedly declined in quality over the past 15 years, with recent output being a source of disappointment for fans. AI

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Fear Factory's new music video criticized as "AI slop"

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · aleksandarilic ·

    Fear Factory, one of the pillars that shaped modern cyberpunk genre overall, the band who has some of my favourite albums ever, has a new video out and it's har

    Fear Factory, one of the pillars that shaped modern cyberpunk genre overall, the band who has some of my favourite albums ever, has a new video out and it's hard AI slop 😞 I'm not even sharing the video here, the worst thing is that song is not even that bad. Great way to ruin yo…