47 pointsby Curiositry7 hours ago11 comments
  • devinplatt4 hours ago
    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

    • dinkleberg3 hours ago
      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.
    • Waterluvian4 hours ago
      I don’t want to think about my growing collection of prompts that never got to fulfil their purpose.
    • reassess_blind2 hours ago
      Look at me!
    • lubujackson4 hours ago
      That... seems too accurate.
  • pibaker3 hours ago
    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.

  • killjoywashere2 hours ago
    Nah, AI should definitely be illustrated as robots. Because they're robots. Adding framing, bearings, servos is just an I/O issue.
  • slopinthebag4 hours ago
    We already have the best image of AI, clippy.
  • ares6236 hours ago
    Where is the goose imagery?
    • xgulfie5 hours ago
      smh goose was not valued...
  • suttontom6 hours ago
    >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?!

    • ryukoposting4 hours ago
      Clearly it's all these stock photos of galaxy brains!
  • BrenBarnan hour ago
    How about a sarlacc, a garbage dump, a factory pipe spilling toxic waste, etc.?
  • newsomix9xl5 hours ago
    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.

    • DrewADesign4 hours ago
      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.
      • bitwize3 hours ago
        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.
    • jdiff5 hours ago
      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.
      • kube-system4 hours ago
        • bitwize3 hours ago
          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.
      • newsomix9xl4 hours ago
        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.

    • GroksBarnacles3 hours ago
      This guy is the opposite of the fear mongers, don't listen to "everything is fine and normal!"
  • sublinear5 hours ago
    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.

  • TimXare4 hours ago
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  • serious_angel5 hours ago
    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...

    • boca_honey4 hours ago
      Why do you think AI is making things worse? Please explain.
      • MrMontyBurns2 hours ago
        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.
        • boca_honeyan hour ago
          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.