A couple of days ago, our mighty MGMT gave us a look at the laugh-out-loud BigFoot and Yeti AI posts out there, and they are all worth a look.
This is why I have a sort of love/hate relationship with the idea of AI. This week has certainly shown how it can be used for both a great escape from reality, as well a tool of destruction.
First, I’ll give you my favorite thing about the idea of AI: HUMAN HUMOR. Some of the AI videos that work wouldn’t do so without a human being behind it coming up with an outrageous idea. Remember being in college or high school sitting around with a group of friends? For some reason you all start coming up with stupid scenarios that just get weirder and funnier. By the end of the conversation, everyone is laughing uncontrollably, because humor ran wild.
“Hey what if they decided to make a Disney cartoon about Boy George and he was a big Golden Retriever..” and it just goes downhill from there.
This is what the next gen is doing, only they are enhancing it with…”let’s plug it into the AI generator and see what happens…”
And we get hilarious shitposts like these:
Not exactly sure why Moses goes Aussie in one clip…but still..it’s AI:
…and they are using Stormtroopers to push some more new AI tools…but this whole series is better than the Disney Star Wars Universe.
The idea of AI also takes animatronics to the next level. Like these terminally cute robot dragon babies at Universal Studio’s new Epic Universe theme park.
These are the cutest things ever, and proof Universal is about to overpower Disney. I have to admit, I kinda love them.
However, keep in mind these are basically these guys with adorable skins:
This was back in 2018, mind you. Now, these things from different companies have advanced to be used tour guides, virtual pets, and straight from China, this:
Wow. Weaponizing AI could be a disaster if the tech falls into the wrong hands.
And that brings us to this weekend in Los Angeles. This is how you can be a horrible waste of air jerk-face in California. Call a Waymo AI driven car, light it up with a burning American flag…and wait for the booms. Because that’s how ungrateful idiot lawbreakers roll.
And thus, the AI wars begun. I’m being sarcastic here, but remember, I’m Gen X who lived through The Matrix, Her, Blade Runner, A Space Odyssey, Ex Machina…and this gem:
Yes, AI is a certainly a double aged sword. So have fun, enjoy keep your sense of humor. But, be careful who you cross.