Katie Notopoulos on Alexandr Wang’s ‘Faux-Hallmark Pap’
Katie Notopoulos, in a short tweet thread regarding Alexandr Wang’s “Why We’re Building Muse” essay: This makes me feel insane! This is faux-hallmark pap and if you believe for 1 sec that he cares about helping people “spending more time with family” or “opening a bakery” you don’t need to wait for AI to kill us; you’re stupid enough to drown from looking up at the rain. My take is much closer to…
Katie Notopoulos expressed strong disapproval of Alexandr Wang's "Why We're Building Muse" essay, describing it as "faux-hallmark pap." The writer believed that Wang's essay came across as inauthentic and lacked genuine concern for helping people spend more time with family or opening a bakery. Notopoulos argued that the sentiment in Wang's essay was deeply unsettling, as it suggested that the human aspect of life, such as wanting and dreaming, was unimportant compared to the creation and doing of things.
The author likened Wang's essay to a dystopian vision, reminiscent of the ominous world depicted in George Orwell's "1984." Notopoulos concluded by drawing a disturbing parallel between Wang's vision and the totalitarian society in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" song, "Buy n Large."
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