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Better Images of AI

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by Curiositry

5 hours ago

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devinplatt

3 hours ago

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My personal mental image for AI agents is Mr Meeseeks.

Per Wikipedia:

> Meeseeks are a powder-blue-skinned species of humanoids (each of whom is named "Mr. Meeseeks") who are created to serve a single purpose which they will go to any length to fulfill. Each brought to life by a "Meeseeks Box", they typically live for no more than a few hours in a constant state of pain, vanishing upon completing their assigned task so as to end their own existence and thereby end their suffering; as such, the longer an individual Meeseeks remains alive, the more insane and unhinged they become.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Meeseeks

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dinkleberg

2 hours ago

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I'm glad I'm not alone in this. It really starts to feel like this when the agent is rushing to get an answer and keeps shrinking the scope until it can resolve it quickly.

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Waterluvian

2 hours ago

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I don’t want to think about my growing collection of prompts that never got to fulfil their purpose.

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reassess_blind

1 hour ago

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Look at me!

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lubujackson

2 hours ago

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That... seems too accurate.

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pibaker

1 hour ago

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Any idea on who is behind this group? It has an extensive list of institutional partners mostly based in Europe so it must have gained traction somehow. And yet the two key contacts listed on the websites do not seem to have extensive experience in this field. One is a student and the other's main achievement seems to be founding another AI advocacy group.

My gut feeling is this is just another UK based quango — non governmental in name only and exists mostly to push elite agenda.

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killjoywashere

51 minutes ago

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Nah, AI should definitely be illustrated as robots. Because they're robots. Adding framing, bearings, servos is just an I/O issue.

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slopinthebag

3 hours ago

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We already have the best image of AI, clippy.

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ares623

4 hours ago

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Where is the goose imagery?

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xgulfie

3 hours ago

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smh goose was not valued...

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suttontom

4 hours ago

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>These AI images also add to the public mistrust of AI, a growing problem for innovation in a field that is sometimes seen as biased, opaque and extractive.

Oh my, how would anyone ever have gotten that impression?!

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ryukoposting

2 hours ago

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Clearly it's all these stock photos of galaxy brains!

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newsomix9xl

3 hours ago

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I recommend the Japanese mascot approach.

A round smiling AI mascot.

And a narrative that makes AI seem friendly and helpful.

These CEOs who keep lying about AI taking jobs need to be silenced with facts about AI impact on jobs (mostly neglible, oddly related to the ROI problem. If AI = job replacement that might be a kind of ROI, right ?)

And the hysterics around "needing to stop AI" because "its moving too fast" wut? Totally fake.

AI can't provide valid formatted XML in some cases, gets caught in useless loops in others, etc.

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DrewADesign

2 hours ago

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That only works if the mascot is people’s primary association with the brand, and they have some initially positive experiences with the brand. Most people see AI as suspicious, if not outright sinister. Trying to put a cute fuzzy face on something like that makes it seem more suspicious ands sinister, not less.

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bitwize

1 hour ago

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As long as we're taking the Japanese approach, why not create a yandere wAIfu? People will love her irrespective of her being suspicious and sinister.

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jdiff

3 hours ago

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A few have been attempted. Mostly by Microsoft and subsidiaries, from GitHub to Mojang. None have caught on. Closest is GitHub's logo which is getting increasingly animated. But dedicated mascots a la Microsoft's Mico have gone absolutely nowhere.

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kube-system

3 hours ago

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How can you forget Salesforce -- who has way too damn many mascots!?

https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saas...

https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Astr...

https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Eins...

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bitwize

1 hour ago

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Poor Albert Einstein. He donated perpetual rights to his name and likeness to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which promptly used them as a cash cow.

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newsomix9xl

3 hours ago

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A mascot for Microsoft copilot - thanks I didn't know about Mico - is totally different.

That's just a Clippy variant.

This AI mascot would represent "all AI" not Microsoft Copilot.

And there needs to be a consistent counter to the "were laying off 10% of our staff to pivot to AI" lies.

Yes, they're laying off staff, but no this has nothing to do with AI.

They lay off staff to appease stock holders.

"We over hired in the pandemic" is a hoot. So we're firing the executives who did the planning for that? Nope. They stay.

AI is a technology whose defamation by CEOs will make its progress slower and more difficult, simply so the CEIs have some cover story for layoffs.

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GroksBarnacles

1 hour ago

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This guy is the opposite of the fear mongers, don't listen to "everything is fine and normal!"

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sublinear

4 hours ago

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Yeah, but this sounds like hard backpedaling on the ridiculous sales pitches.

"There are lies, damned lies, and statistics"

We've already aroused far too many idiots who decided to hang their hat on a flimsy epistemology. They will never be convinced.

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serious_angel

4 hours ago

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Thank you... for making the Internet worse, or even more sorrowful ... empty, valueless, worthless, untrue, unaccountable, irresponsible, unconfident , unsafe, insecure, and effortless place... also ridiculing actual artists, professionals, and just people, nature, history, the universe...

I am sorry, but I have absolutely no idea how these people who create such projects and services sleep peaceful at night...

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boca_honey

2 hours ago

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Why do you think AI is making things worse? Please explain.

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MrMontyBurns

44 minutes ago

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For me it's that there's less and less soul left in the internet. That trend started before LLMs, but now it also starts appearing in the real world as well. Seeing an AI-generated ad picture in the mall was kind of a wakeup call. So weird seeing the face of a girl that was generated. What about books, art, music? Real artists and creativity get priced out of our societies.