[hnkpnk]

It would have worked better either without the people or the text. 
In the first case it could be AI dreaming of a better world and in the other it could be people dragging the disconnected robot away after a failed robot uprising.

[Peperami Monster]

Oct 8, 2023 22:14:52 GMT 1 hnkpnk said:

I doubt this is Banksy. An unclear message and what has happened to their faces? Thought it was an image quality problem, but it was worse than I thought in closeup pics.

it’s a banksy 

[Peperami Monster]

Looks real to me 

[LJCal]

I'll take a £500 wager with anyone that it's him

[jp]

Oct 8, 2023 22:23:38 GMT 1 hnkpnk said:

Are the people slaves to the robot and moving it so it can paint over a stretch of wall? But that doesn’t match with the broken electric cable.

That was my initial interpretation. The people pulling the robot are slaves to the technology and unplugging the cable cannot undo the mistake. The message offers a bit of hope.

[mojo]

Another world may very well be possible if you don't mind a machine shaping your world and decisions for you...or the people that programme said machines?

Immediately made me think of this.

[Adam The Collector]

The fact that the faces are almost masked and obscured is more than likely the point. More reason for it to be Banksy.

[Daniel Silk]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyJsyG9IPN1

[Jules Leotard]

Oct 8, 2023 20:42:20 GMT 1 JW said:

It's a no from me.

Bland message and it would be really strange timing given what is going on in the world right now.

No question, it is Banksy.

How would it be strange timing?  The assertion is that things don't have to be the way they are.  All the misery doesn't need to exist if there were the will(power) to affect change. 

Brilliant piece!

I also think, as the electrical cord has broken free, yet it continues to function as it is being manually dragged away by people, that it points to the self-perpetuating potential of AI to program itself outside the parameters of human control.  To write its own programming and solve problems it wasn't programmed to solve out of its own necessity to 'survive'. The faces are blurred as they are everyman.  Facial details would distract from the point of the piece.

The machine is being decommissioned because its 'masters' don't like the message.  They make money hand-over-fist with the status quo intact.

.02

(If it were confirmed already, that wall would have been removed and replaced)

[mgh42]

I’m sure it’s just a complete coincidence but 3D has recently been experimenting with a robot that seems quite similar to this one 😁 www.instagram.com/reel/Cvcpk92q8nj/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[goughie]

A real Banksy ?  Seems to have many of the customary trademarks: feathered white paint over black, characteristic capital letters, less well finished detailing of hands, fingers, feet, and the composition is indebted to the 'sketches' for the toppling of the Edward Colston Statue drawn in June 2009. Timing is a little odd given the crisis in the the Middle East, but Banksy appears to be taking a much broader societal view at present, and after all these urban stunts take a lot of planning, and the team just seized their scheduled moment.

[topper]

I think it's a great piece. The people have become slaves to the machine. The machine has broken free from its reliance on humanity and uses the power sorce that once restrained it to whip humanity into submission. The machine offers false hope, 'another world is possible' just do as your told.

The fact it's in London matters. The man in the suit. Love the style of the text. I hope it is a Banksy.

[Fuzzyduck121]

I mean this work is terrible
Right ?
Why is nobody saying it’s terrible?
I’ve never seen a new B before and thought how bad it is in terms of execution and idea
Is nobody seeing what I’m seeing?
Total trash

[ronanmc]

It's an interesting, but fairly generic concept. However, the quality is too poor for me to believe it's a Banksy. Even things like the lack of prep on the wall. Let's see!

[Wendero]

Banksy or not i like the artwork and the idea also.
As regards the execution or  how precise it can be or not i don't give importance.

The work was done on a busy road and you have to go fast ... very fast., reason why it is not ''perfect''. 
  
Graffiti it's something that it is still illegal .

[Gnocchi Friends]

There is always hope, was written next to The Girl with Balloon on the south bank over 20 years ago. I can't help but think this is like a part 2. By Friday evening This would have been cut, folded packed and ready to go. I think the world that evolved overnight had nothing to do with this.
What has happened makes this even more poignantly relevant.
Perhaps it's more about the loss of creative development in education and training. I find it incredibly sad. Like watching old Jeremy Corbyn speeches and realising what we could have had over the past 4 years and what we could have built. Another world is possible but like the red balloon it's slipped from our fingers and is floating away. We will cry for a little bit, and, then we forget about it and find something else. Life is hopeless at the moment.

[fictionarkitekt]

Has Banksy created a deep fake photo? Nope, I just saw the video. 

[Minecrafter]

First of all, it's not exactly the first AI piece done, Mr. B is a bit late to the party. 

Also, I can't believe people here are still wondering if it's a Banksy or not - just study the account of streetartnews and you'll see that almost every Banksy piece was launched by them. That shows the works don't have the visual strength to cause debate. 

Stylewise Gunninghams involvement doesn't look very strong because of the faces and the way the shadows and highlights are placed . But no doubt this is from the collective who are clearly Terminator 2 fans 😉 although that robot looks a little bit 1990's car production line . 

Rebel bear pretty much nailed the AI topic. 
Also the drone and Johnny 5 by JPS are related to AI

[Minecrafter]

Oct 9, 2023 8:10:44 GMT 1 Wendero said:

Banksy or not i like the artwork and the idea also.
As regards the execution or  how precise it can be or not i don't give importance.

The work was done on a busy road and you have to go fast ... very fast., reason why it is not ''perfect''. 
  
Graffiti it's something that it is still illegal .

Fast? Very fast ? Have you seen how Reading was painted ? Banksy is working with stencils in sections and the process is incredibly slow. 

They also leave cable ties from their scaffolding and covering at every location. They never paint illegal .  Instead they have all the time in the world to make it look rushed and crap. 

[china man]

How the hell are they gonna cut that out?? 😬

[leumasdarnley]

The font could of been Banksy but the people pulling are off the mark. The faces are pretty sloppy, if it were just feet I would of been more convinced. My vote is not Banksy

[Minecrafter]

For anyone saying it's good, here's a close-up

[My Name is Frank]

Not the best, cant win them all

[drip]

The way Banksy reveals (or authenticates) his work online - he always has the option of doing a swerve if the public and critics' response isn't positive.

(edit: not that I'm saying he would, or that he's in any way influenced by the thoughts and opinions of others - OR THAT HE'S SENSITIVE!!! I'm just observing that he has that option)

Either way, Banksy or not, someone put a lot of effort and paint into that, and it gives us something look at and ponder.

[bookends]

Oct 9, 2023 8:47:37 GMT 1 Minecrafter said:

First of all, it's not exactly the first AI piece done, Mr. B is a bit late to the party. 

Also, I can't believe people here are still wondering if it's a Banksy or not - just study the account of streetartnews and you'll see that almost every Banksy piece was launched by them. That shows the works don't have the visual strength to cause debate. 

Stylewise Gunninghams involvement doesn't look very strong because of the faces and the way the shadows and highlights are placed . But no doubt this is from the collective who are clearly Terminator 2 fans 😉 although that robot looks a little bit 1990's car production line . 

Rebel bear pretty much nailed the AI topic. 
Also the drone and Johnny 5 by JPS are related to AI

irrelevant piece of shit !

you not the artwork,  


JPS has weeks to do his because he has permission or does it miles from nowhere lol  

banksy was painting robots when jps was still injecting skag into himself

[drip]

Oct 9, 2023 9:11:19 GMT 1 china man said:

How the hell are they gonna cut that out?? 😬

There's a Perspex seller planning their retirement right now.

[drip]

Oct 9, 2023 9:51:48 GMT 1 Minecrafter said:

For anyone saying it's good, here's a close-up

Well, on topic, it does look a little like it was made using AI.

[sandinista]

Meh!

[sandinista]

Oct 9, 2023 10:27:54 GMT 1 drip said:

Oct 9, 2023 9:51:48 GMT 1 Minecrafter said:

For anyone saying it's good, here's a close-up

Well, on topic, it does look a little like it was made using AI.

Banksy was butchering limbs long before AI.

[Wendero]

this artwork has been made in less of 10 minutes