Now boarding AI slop in First Class at the SFO Museum

It’s hard enough to get into an Airport as a traveller. As an Artist it’s even harder. I have had experience with this. It’s very competitive and often controlled by a small group who already have relationships with Artists that they are connected to. This new AI Art exhibit at the SFO Museum will serve as the new template.

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A captured audience

The good news is you don’t have to worry about any of that at all now. Someone has figured out how to bypass human Artists all together. By loading up a theme in the form of a prompt, you already have the means to showcase and sell Art without sharing the profits with a human creator.

To those Artists who still use the word “Tool” to describe AI Art, this Tool is replacing you faster than you can say “Ready for takeoff“.

“At first it seems like a positive art exhibit about women of color,” he says in the clip. “But then if you come down here to the bottom, in the small text, it says generative AI. So not only are they not using real artists or real women or real women of color, but the whole exhibit is actually generated by AI … I think that’s insane.”

Don't worry fellow #artists, I'm sure that this is just a fad. Resume feeding it your prompts and ideas. Your lack of ability has doomed the very art world that you admire. https://t.co/HAfX1bvOqC

— VECTORVAULT (@vectorvault) December 19, 2025

There are also some people who are defending this show. The Theme of “Women of Afrofuturism” appeals to people who love this type of art. The AIs know this. They have chosen images that evoke an emotional response to defend it at all costs. To those individuals I say this:

It should be noted that this show also has references to real human women. This adds legitimacy and not only sways criticism but excites social media influencers to promote this AI Art show.

An AI does not understand what it is like to be a Woman or African.

Credit: zacksjerryrig

This SFO Afrofuturism exhibit featuring AI-generated portraits sparks online backlash, prompting artist Nettrice Gaskins to defend her creative process.

Credit: San Francisco Chronicle / Arts and Exhibits