I’m supposed to be worried about AI and its developing intelligence which will overwhelm us puny humans with its extraordinary abilities. Likewise, we are to fear the Chinese who are outstripping us in so many areas, such as technology and commerce. But so far, we can usually tell it’s AI. And the Chinese, so willingContinue reading “I’m Not So Worried…”
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Lost With Translation
I need some help with this one. First of all, this wrong number texter is all over the place. Person, bot, or AI? It’s not really clear. You can see that it doesn’t really follow any kind of logical progression, and seems to be highly reactive, like the old ELIZA program that, if you answeredContinue reading “Lost With Translation”
You Gotta Be AI-Kidding Me!
Frequent readers of this blog recall I like to reproduce text chats with “wrong number callers” for your amusement value. One of my friends commented that many of these correspondents are likely AI. This is probably true of the one I received yesterday. This illustrates my lack of concern for AI taking over the world.Continue reading “You Gotta Be AI-Kidding Me!”
Wrong Number (2)
And this one went on too long. I thought at first that  it might be a real person pretending to be this persona but the answers do seem a bit reactive and formulaic. And at that point I just hit the block button to wait for the next one.
Wrong Number (1)
I’ve written a lot about the wrong number texts—someone sends a message to a friend but has entered the number incorrectly. Oh, no, sorry, but can we be friends? I used to have fun improvising with them, but lately they’ve been taking a darker turn. And so have I. This week I’ve gotten about 12Continue reading “Wrong Number (1)”
And It Continues…
Awhile back I was posting a lot of these “wrong number” texts and my improv’d responses to them. A friend suggested that the origin of those might in fact be AI bots, but I don’t think it makes it less funny or tragic. Take these two; their approach is slightly different but I responded theContinue reading “And It Continues…”
Alien Something!
First, I found this post on Facebook: The description inspired me to create the movie poster for “Bad Milk Blood Robot” because, well, that phrase is just too perfect. I have been using fotor.com but the results have been a bit lame lately. So I decided to use Microsoft Copilot and it came up withContinue reading “Alien Something!”
Odder and Odder
The mobile game ads seem to be getting odder and odder. I get that they’re pushing AI companions so lonely people can date HER. Or one version of her… Though I’m not sure how “elegant” the one on the left is, if the caption isn’t quite good English. And there’s this: Besides the fact thatContinue reading “Odder and Odder”
A Panoply of Typlos
Yes, that was deliberate. But I’m sure the errors I constantly find in game ads that continue to parade across my screen are not deliberate. Yet they do amuse me. For example: The voiceover says, “Delete that rubbish,” so we know that the caption happened through human error. However, this one seems to not beContinue reading “A Panoply of Typlos”
Ambidextrous Graphics!
Nearing the conclusion of the Kid Again audio series, Rust—who is turning the audio files into videos for YouTube—suggested a new graphic for the remaining episodes. So I consulted my usual AI graphic generator. My prompt: “A 14 year old boy sitting at a desk and writing in a journal with the ghost of anContinue reading “Ambidextrous Graphics!”
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