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.
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.
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.
>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?!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
My gut feeling is this is just another UK based quango — non governmental in name only and exists mostly to push elite agenda.
Oh my, how would anyone ever have gotten that impression?!
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.
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...
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.
"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.
I am sorry, but I have absolutely no idea how these people who create such projects and services sleep peaceful at night...