What would the Mona Lisa look like if she were born in the age of Instagram filters and lip fillers? One user asked Midjourney… and the AI answered with a much more generous version. Goodbye enigmatic smile, hello influencer ready to promote detox tea with a swipe-up link.
Should we see this as a deep reflection of society, body standards and the sexualisation of imagery? Probably not. With AI, everything depends on the prompt — and since we don’t know what was typed, the only thing we could analyse is… the guy who wrote it. Not exactly a groundbreaking academic field.
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what the Mona Lisa would look like today according to AI!
Via: @gianpaolorosa pic.twitter.com/vQcjW4Shd1
— History Photographed (@HistoryInPics) July 29, 2023
It’s hardly the first time Leonardo’s lady has been turned into a digital guinea pig. From parodies to AI reinterpretations and Photoshop’s “uncrop” trend imagining what lies beyond the frame, the Mona Lisa has basically become a permanent cultural meme. Maybe that’s finally the secret behind her smile: she’s still laughing at what humans keep doing to her five centuries later.
The Mona Lisa alive !
Another user even imagined the Mona Lisa getting ready before being painted — more traditional, sure, but still surprising. To see the real one, of course, you’ll have to go to the Louvre in Paris.
Mona Lisa is preparing to get painted. pic.twitter.com/orI8Jcntj7
— March (@MarchUnofficial) April 22, 2025
