It hides around every corner. In your local tat shop, on your aunt’s living room wall – heck, it finds itself sneaking into shops that sell art made by humans.

The Highland cow AI art epidemic is upon us. There is no escape from the computer-generated imagery of our cherished signature cattle breed doing things unbecoming of its reputation.

Sick of bare walls? Need a touch of culture to adorn your abode? Then have you considered a glossy-looking cow smoking a cigar and enjoying a fine dram, or perhaps one in the middle of a hazy-roomed poker game (sadly, those really cool dogs beat our cows to the punch with that one), or maybe even a sweet looking Highland cow sitting down on the toilet with a champagne glass like a boss?

That last one is available online, by the way, for the low price of £180. Quite the little scheme for something made to order with no artist to compensate for. I hope they do the framing, at least.

The concept of such tat decorating the blank spaces of our lives is not a new one. The spectre of kitsch has continued to haunt ever since the first person painted Elvis onto a canvas of velvet and sold it on the beachfronts of Tenerife.

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