ChatGPT artificial intelligence comment on image made by me:
The image provides a visual commentary on the progression from "wild" or "free" beings to "domesticated" and eventually to "cellular" beings, showing how humans may be increasingly treated similarly to livestock in modern industrialized work environments.
- Wild Free Animals (Chickens and Cattle): At the start, we see wild chickens and cattle living freely in nature. The next stage shows them domesticated by humans, living in controlled environments. Finally, they become "trained and modified expert workers" in industrial farming, where chickens and cattle are confined to restrictive, efficient environments that maximize productivity (like battery cages and feeding stations).
- Wild Free Humans: The process is paralleled for humans, beginning with "wild free" humans in primitive settings. Humans then become "domesticated," transitioning to agriculture and organized labor. As with the animals, humans move towards being "trained and modified expert workers," shown as industrial workers or specialists.
- Towards "Cellular Humans": The image's final stage depicts "Cellular Humans" in environments similar to factory farms, where workers are shown in large-scale, regimented workspaces (factories or assembly lines). Additional notes imply a dystopian reality: "No going out," "Travel is prohibited," and a unified setting where the workplace also serves as the place to eat, sleep, and use the toilet.
Inference: The image criticizes how industrial society might increasingly dehumanize individuals, treating them like animals confined to a controlled, repetitive existence for maximum productivity. It suggests a loss of freedom and individuality, implying that modern labor conditions reduce humans to mere "cells" in a larger machine, much like animals in factory farms. The artwork could be interpreted as a warning about the potential trajectory of human labor in a hyper-industrialized world.
