The Face Depixelizer meme, also known as the PULSE AI meme, emerged in mid-2020 after the release of a tool designed to upscale low-resolution images into realistic human faces. The meme went viral when users discovered that the AI often produced racially biased or bizarrely uncanny results, famously turning a pixelated image of Barack Obama into a Caucasian man. It evolved into a creative canvas where people run low-polygon video game characters like Mario, Steve from Minecraft, or Doomguy through the algorithm to see the horrifyingly realistic faces the AI generates. Today, it is primarily used to poke fun at the limitations of artificial intelligence and the unexpected, often terrifying results of machine learning.