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Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by bitwize »

kube-system wrote: post #11
jdiff wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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!? 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...

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.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by bitwize »

DrewADesign wrote: post #15
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.

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.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by pibaker »

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.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by reassess_blind »

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…

Look at me!

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by MrMontyBurns »

boca_honey wrote: post #18
serious_angel wrote: post #4

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

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.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by boca_honey »

MrMontyBurns wrote: post #26
boca_honey wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

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.

There are plenty of books, art, and music coming out, none of it AI-generated. What are you talking about?

As you said, the internet had slop before AI. It has been that way since SEO and social media started to dictate what people consume. Remember Elsagate? Remember the IRA bot farms? Remember NFT monkey PNGs?

Most books were trash before the internet, and most paintings have been amateur since the dawn of painting. We just don't remember those examples because we only preserve the best from each era.

Even if 99% of books published in the next 50 years turn out to be AI-generated slop (which is probably what's going to happen, to be honest), that 1% would still be more than you could possibly read in your lifetime. That goes for music, video games, and visual art too.

Let the AI bros make their slop. They are of no consequence to actual culture in the long term.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by DrewADesign »

bitwize wrote: post #22
DrewADesign wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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.

That would definitely be a hit on particular forums.

Re: Better Images of AI

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Post by jdiff »

newsomix9xl wrote: post #12
jdiff wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I think a single monolithic mascot for all AI has even worse chances than a Clippy ripoff. People will be as cold towards it as ever, and companies won't want to contaminate their image with something that isn't theirs and that they don't have control over.
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