‘I was shocked’: Bad Sekki speaks on UWI AI photo controversy

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Popular Jamaican content creator Karlando “Bad Sekki” Bailey says he never anticipated that an AI-generated graduation photograph shared as a joke would spark a national debate, drawing criticism from university graduates and prompting an official response from The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.

In an exclusive interview with the Jamaica Observer, Bailey admitted that he was stunned by the controversy, which erupted after he posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed in UWI graduation attire, bearing the institution’s coat of arms.

“I never thought it would reach here. I was shocked, very shocked,” Bailey said.