![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art and various comments about the artwork.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/046/537/ai_spiral_art.jpg)
Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art
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About
Spiral Town, also known as AI Spiral Art, refers to discussions and debates about an AI-generated artwork created by X user @MrUgleh with the help of Stable Diffusion. The painting depicts an optical illusion in which the shadows and shapes of several buildings evoke the appearance of a spiral. The image was first posted to the /r/stablediffusion subreddit before being shared to X in mid-September 2023 where people expressed surprise at the image being made by AI.
Origin
On September 10th, 2023, Redditor[1] /r/Ugleh posted an image titled, "Spiral Town – different approach to qr monster," to /r/stablediffusion. The image gathered over 3,000 upvotes in five days (seen below).
![Full Res Image SEAR W = E d BRAS HILDRE BE 門 PLAYLI 出版 N 意味不需禁 Mate AT 德意 TE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/436/f10.jpg)
On September 11th, X[2] user @deepfates reposted the image with the caption, "unnh." The post gathered over 67,000 likes in four days (seen below).
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art unnh @deepfates Trueaminatio 7:40 AM Sep 11, 2023 8.5M Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/085/406.png)
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X user @deepfates's repost of the image on September 11th, 2023, gathered varied reactions from people who were surprised and some who were disappointed by learning that the image was AI-generated, as seen in the replies to the post (seen below).
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art Cassie(maybe someday) @em_apelsinku Sep 11 Saddest thing is that it's ai 8 t 10 @deepfates Sep 11 That's actually the coolest thing t 16 14 Show replies 14 Show replies 4,427 874 10 1,142 @deepfates. Sep 12 You actually were impressed by it and you can still enjoy it instead of reacting with blind prejudice 12 17 3 Show replies sej @sej_super Sep 11 i was just about to be impressed by this... until i found out its ai! its trash 27 4 ₁28.5K ↑ 409 100.9K ₁95.6K Needo62 @needo62 Sep 11 this was so much cooler when i thought an actual human painted it 17 6 2,187 @deepfates Sep 12 an actual human created it with tools! just not paint 31 27 21 310 ₁25.2K ₁50.5K : ₁46.6K ↑ : ↑ L→ : |→ (→](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/088/d32.png)
This sentiment was also reflected in some quotes of the post, with one post made by X[3] user @ZakugaMignon on September 12th, 2023, gathering over 36,000 likes in three days (seen below, left) and another post[4] by @99_monochrome that read, "Going through the 7 stages of grief after learning this was ai 💀" gathering over 23,000 likes in a similar timeframe (seen below, right).
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art Zaküga Art @ZakugaMignon The tragedy of A/I is this could have been cool but loses all meaning knowing it's based on theft unnh @deepfates Sep 11 1:28 AM . Sep 12, 2023 1M Views s :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/091/494.png)
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art *implodes* @99_monochrome . Sep 12 Going through the 7 stages of grief after learning this was ai unnh 63 @deepfates Sep 11 1,374 23.6K 427.5K : ↑](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/089/651.png)
Not all reactions to the post were negative, with X[5] user @paulg posting the image on September 11th with the caption, "This was the point where AI-generated art passed the Turing Test for me," gathering over 20,000 likes in four days (seen below, left).
X[6] user @shambibble commented on the general pushback against the image saying, "everyone replying 'I thought this was cool but its AI' is conceding the only ultimate criterion for evaluating art. it's like gritting your teeth and refusing to enjoy amateur song remixes or fan-fiction. elevating our weird/arbitrary IP laws to an entire joyless ethos," gathering over 1,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art Zaküga Art @ZakugaMignon The tragedy of A/I is this could have been cool but loses all meaning knowing it's based on theft unnh @deepfates Sep 11 1:28 AM . Sep 12, 2023 1M Views s :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/091/494.png)
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art FOR walter von shambibble, rosen replier @shambibble everyone replying "i thought this was cool but its Al" is conceding the only ultimate criterion for evaluating art. it's like gritting your teeth and refusing to enjoy amateur song remixes or fan-fiction. elevating our weird/arbitrary IP laws to an entire joyless ethos unnh @deepfates Sep 11 10:26 PM. Sep 12, 2023 123.5K Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/092/18b.png)
On September 11th, X[7] user @natetella reposted the image saying, "I painted this." The post gathered over 40,000 likes in four days (seen below).
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art F grumple crimble @natetella I painted this 9:36 PM . Sep 11, 2023. 840.3K Views ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/093/d4c.png)
On September 14th, X[8] user @MrUgleh, the creator of the image in question, replied to @deepfates's post sharing similar images made by him on the same day (seen below).
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art MAA FER MAN](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/096/300.png)
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art ADHA](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/097/cb9.png)
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art treme](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/098/f9e.png)
![Spiral Town / AI Spiral Art hotos 幸好 FASH](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/662/099/2c4.png)
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