Khawaja Asif, 77, shared an AI-generated puzzle on X earlier this week. The puzzle challenged users to find the anachronistic element in an AI image of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe set in 1956.
The Hollywood icon was also seen wearing a modern smartwatch, completely at odds with the vintage setting. Asif reposted the puzzle with a single word and an emoji. The AI image, set in 1956, shows Monroe wearing a pair of shorts and a crop top.
“Watch,” he wrote, adding a smiley face emoji at the end.
The X post drew condemnation from Pakistani viewers who wondered why the country’s defence minister was sharing and solving AI puzzles on X. “Pakistan is drowning in economic, political, and security crises, with KP on the brink of imploding from within. An overwhelming majority of viewers found the post to be unprofessional.
In the meantime, its Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif is busy boosting his newly created fake “American woman” burner account,” wrote one X user. “Looks like Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif forgot to switch accounts,” another person theorised. “War shor to hoti rahegi, watching Marilyn Monroe is important,” a user quipped on Instagram. The post also drew backlash for promoting “AI slop” — a newly-coined term for low-quality, mass-produced digital content created using generative artificial intelligence. (Also read: ‘Don’t go back like this’: Khawaja Asif’s ‘threat-like’ gesture to Afghan journalist draws backlash | Video )
