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4chan users launched a misogynistic AI-based campaign that’s now spreading on social media
More than 1,200 posts and dozens of threads dedicated to the campaign have gone up on 4chan in a matter of days
Written by Alex Kaplan
Published 02/08/24 9:09 AM EST
Users on 4chan’s far-right “politically incorrect” message board (commonly known as “/pol/”) have launched a misogynistic campaign advocating for the use of AI to “put clothes on women.” The campaign, called “#dignifAI,” has spread widely since it started in late January, including getting attention from major far-right figures and making its way to other platforms.
On January 30, a 4chan user posted a thread saying that “with the power of AI we can put clothes on women” and showing two images: one that appears to be an Instagram post of a woman and then the same post but with more clothing on the woman. The user added, “AI porn makes them angry. But use AI to clothe them, remove their tattoos and piercings.. The seething will echo through the ages.”
Fellow users expressed enthusiasm about the idea and voted on a campaign name, ultimately landing on “#dignifAI.”
The user that started the January 30 thread also claimed that it would be “memetic perfection” and likened it to the 4chan campaigns “Islam is right about women” and “IOKTBW” (it’s OK to be white).
dignifAI 4chan thread seeming launching the campaign
Citation 4chan thread that seemingly launched the the "#dignifAI" campaign
Numerous threads titled “#dignifAI” and including similar imagery have since racked up hundreds of posts each. According to a Media Matters internal search, as of publication there have been more than 1,200 posts with the “dignifAI” term on “/pol/” since the campaign began, along with nearly 100 individual threads apparently dedicated to the campaign.
Users promoting the campaign on 4chan have said that the aim of #dignifAI is “for people to see that a degenerate lifestyle is ultimately fruitless.” They also called for users to “repost with #dignifAI hashtag on social media” and to harass the women the campaign is targeting by “INCLUD[ING] NAME OF THE THOT IN THE POST SO ANONS CAN @ THEM.”
dignifAI 4chan thread
Citation 4chan thread dedicated to the "#dignifAI" campaign
The threads appear to call for users to specifically use the AI tool Stable Diffusion for creating the images, even though that tool’s terms of service prohibit its use “for any illegal, harmful, or unauthorized purposes. 404 Media noted that the images seem to be edited with other tools such as Photoshop, rather than created with AI tools. (There is even a website dedicated to the campaign.)
Users have also apparently been collecting a file of images created in the campaign, with one user claiming over 1,000 images have been collected.
Some major far-right media figures have boosted the campaign on other platforms, including “Pizzagate” promoter Jack Posobiec and Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson.
On February 2, Posobiec posted on X (formerly Twitter), “4chan has launched a new AI tool. Its purpose is to put clothes back on e-girls and remove tattoos. It is called dignifAI,” which got thousands of reposts.
>https://www.mediamatters.org/4chan/4chan-users-launched-misogynistic-ai-based-campaign-thats-now-spreading-social-media