FWIW, "never say never" but I don't think I'll ever opt into being represented by a Pixar-like avatar. If you believe I'm not alone, then by default you're ali

FWIW, "never say never" but I don't think I'll ever opt into being represented by a Pixar-like avatar. If you believe I'm not alone, then by default you're alienating all of us if that is our only choice. The question then is whether my repulsion to being a memoji is greater than someone's repulsion to being an uncanny valley avatar. I think the latter can be iteratively improved until people no longer find it uncanny—indeed I'd argue the latest research pieces from Meta AI that have been posted here on HN do seem to point that way I don't think cartoon avatars can be improved to become palatable enough to those who dislike them