The AI Slop of Pierre Huyghe

Annika Meier | Status Update | 24th January 2026

To date, debate about the implications of AI for art has mostly been hypothetical. Huyghe, a major artist, has just released a 50-minute big budget film using AI, which offers a real example. The reviews are not pretty. One writer notes there are “undeniably powerful images” before admitting that “the work risks boredom”. The linked piece calls its focus on a female figure without a face “misogynistic” and then quotes another critic thus: “with the greatest possible effort, [Huyghe] produces absolute emptiness.”