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Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by kube-system »

jdiff wrote: post #7
newsomix9xl wrote: post #6

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" wu…

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.

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

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Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by newsomix9xl »

jdiff wrote: post #7
newsomix9xl wrote: post #6

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" wu…

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.

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.

Re: Better Images of AI

#13

Post by lubujackson »

devinplatt wrote: post #9

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…

That... seems too accurate.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by DrewADesign »

newsomix9xl wrote: post #6

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" wu…

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.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by Waterluvian »

devinplatt wrote: post #9

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…

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

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by ryukoposting »

suttontom wrote: post #3

>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?!

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

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by dinkleberg »

devinplatt wrote: post #9

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…

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.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by GroksBarnacles »

newsomix9xl wrote: post #6

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" wu…

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