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AI-generated images are reshaping how people understand emotion and memory in contemporary online culture. Compared to misinformation, the emerging role of AI as an emotional technology is often overlooked. Viewers often feel nostalgia toward fictional images, suggesting that emotional truth does not depend on factual memory. This project presented through a series of generated nostalgia images and a digital archive inspired by early 2000s aesthetics, explores how AI-generated images can function as a form of emotional refuge. By evoking a sense of visual familiarity, these images offer moments of comfort within a fictional world.