https://deceit.blog/tag/representation Essays on what manipulation costs and why it lands. Tagged "representation". en Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:08:07 GMT 60 https://deceit.blog/essay/artists-are-liars-and-thieves https://deceit.blog/essay/artists-are-liars-and-thieves Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Explain. Somewhere on Threads right now, an artist is quote posting an AI image with three words: this is theft. Under it, for emphasis: good artists borrow, great artists steal. Nobody edits the second line out. Nobody catches the problem. The problem is not small, and it is not the only one in the caption.…