10 TV Moments They Didn't Want You To See

10. AI Generated Posters - True Detective: Night Country

The polarising recent fourth season of True Detective invited controversy early on, when fans noticed that its second episode appeared to feature garish AI-generated art.

During the scene where Detective Navarro (Kali Reis) interviews a local miner in his apartment, the wall behind him features a poster for a metal band that looks suspiciously uncanny, as though it was created by AI during post-production. The lack of detail on the band's face and generic, scarcely comprehensible text - including the nonsense phrase "2st live" - point to AI assistance. 

Showrunner Issa López eventually chimed in on the matter on X, seeming to tacitly confirm that the image was indeed AI-created, though offering a bizarre, rather dubious explanation that it was made with self-aware artistic intent rather than laziness. 

López said:

"The idea is that it’s so sad up there [in Alaska] that some kid with AI made the posters for a loser metal festival for boomers."

Many felt that this was simply a case of López unconvincingly attempting to deflect criticism about the show's unsubtle use of AI tools, as proved an unfortunate distraction from the scene itself.