Creator of Balenciaga’s dad says he was in hallucinogenic mushrooms

Before Pope Francis had to step out and talk about AI and its risksafter a viral image of him wearing an oversized white Balenciaga jacket.

Now, after questions on social media, the creator of the image has cited what inspired him: a simple answer, the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms.

BuzzFeed News spoke to the “artist”, a 31-year-old Chicago worker named Pablo Xavier, who imagined her taking drugs.

Xavier told BuzzFeed that he enjoys doing trippy art or psychedelic stuff, and was trying to come up with something fun mushroom-influenced when he realized he could create a Papa look with Midjourney 5.

“The Pope in a Balenciaga or Moncler puffy coat, walking the streets of Rome or Paris,” were the clues he tried.

“I thought they were perfect,” said Xavier, who posted the images to a Facebook group called AI Art Universe and then to Reddit, surprised that they began to spread quickly. “I didn’t want it to explode like that.”

Xavier said he had “no ill will” and “just thought it was funny to see the pope in a weird coat” but admitted it was “scary” that people thought it was real and even criticized the Catholic Church for wasting money. luxury money. “I feel like shit, this is crazy.”