Weird is as Weird Does...

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What's wrong with this picture? In fact, what's at all right with this picture, for [Deity of your choice]'s sake? What appears to be an image of Jonny Ive and Sam Altman introducing the world to a bloodshot eye in a box, is self-evidently the product of a rather crude AI representation of the two of them. What on earth is the takeaway from this, and what does it bode for their future collaboration? Well, first off the bat is that poor old Jonny Ive appears to have suffered rather more badly than I did in a table-saw accident, having apparently lost most of his fingertips. The one remaining, apparently complete digit has an obvious genetic defect, in that the [only extant on either hand] fingernail would seem to be comprised of soft flesh rather than keratin. Both of them also have gazes that suggest they suffer from strabismus, or that they have been smoking something rather too strong for their constitutions, rather akin to Elon Musk's actual appearance half the time. Whatever, as I've said before, the quest for a generalised AI is a chimera best left to the world of sci-fi: let's stick to using it as a tool rather than expecting it to be a benevolent friend and companion, which it can never be. Frankly, we are losing the plot as a race of supposedly rational beings...

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  1. Anonymous1 June 2025 at 15:40

    Watching BBC Breakfast this morning the had their new 'Tech Now' feature. They included a piece on AI avatars. This included a contribution by people who employ them to attend conferences/interact with customers rather than attend/meet themselves. They say it saves time, that the AI selves know what to say and how to react and it allows them to do other things. Found the whole thing very bizarre and quite scary. Steve

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    1. sideways1 June 2025 at 19:15

      Just plain doolally in my book, old son...

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