Generative AI nostalgia trends allow social media users across Instagram and TikTok to transform modern portraits into romanticized 1980s retro photos, though blending virtual time travel with severe data privacy risks and massive environmental energy costs.

The "Dead Internet Theory" suggests that AI has overtaken human-generated content online since 2016-2017, leading to bot-driven posts, AI spam, and manipulated engagement. This shift raises concerns about misinformation and AI's growing influence on social media.

AI and social media fuelling mis- and disinformation is threatening unity in Bangladesh.

Now, an enthusiastic Facebook user named Kazi Shahriar Ahmed used his creativity by using mid-journey AI techniques to render pictures of the top Dhallywood celebrities, donning superhero costumes. His imaginative creations have sparked intrigue among social media users.