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I recommend the Japanese mascot approach. A round smiling AI mascot. And a narrative that makes AI seem friendly and helpful. These CEOs who keep lying about

I recommend the Japanese mascot approach. 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.

jdiff 4mo ago
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.
- newsomix9xl 4mo ago
  A mascot for Microsoft copilot - thanks I didn't know about Mico - is totally different. 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.
  - jdiff 4mo ago
    I think a single monolithic mascot for all AI has even worse chances than a Clippy ripoff. People will be as cold towards it as ever, and companies won't want to contaminate their image with something that isn't theirs and that they don't have control over.
- kube-system 4mo ago
  How can you forget Salesforce -- who has way too damn many mascots!? https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saasy.png https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saas... https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Astro.png https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Astr... https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Einstein.png https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Eins...
  - bitwize 4mo ago
    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.
DrewADesign 4mo ago
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.
- bitwize 4mo ago
  As long as we're taking the Japanese approach, why not create a yandere wAIfu? People will love her irrespective of her being suspicious and sinister.
  - DrewADesign 4mo ago
    That would definitely be a hit on particular forums.
GroksBarnacles 4mo ago
This guy is the opposite of the fear mongers, don't listen to "everything is fine and normal!"

jdiff 4mo ago

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.

newsomix9xl 4mo ago
A mascot for Microsoft copilot - thanks I didn't know about Mico - is totally different. 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.
- jdiff 4mo ago
  I think a single monolithic mascot for all AI has even worse chances than a Clippy ripoff. People will be as cold towards it as ever, and companies won't want to contaminate their image with something that isn't theirs and that they don't have control over.
kube-system 4mo ago
How can you forget Salesforce -- who has way too damn many mascots!? https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saasy.png https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Saas... https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Astro.png https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Astr... https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Einstein.png https://thespotforpardot.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Eins...
- bitwize 4mo ago
  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.

DrewADesign 4mo ago

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.

bitwize 4mo ago
As long as we're taking the Japanese approach, why not create a yandere wAIfu? People will love her irrespective of her being suspicious and sinister.
- DrewADesign 4mo ago
  That would definitely be a hit on particular forums.

GroksBarnacles 4mo ago

This guy is the opposite of the fear mongers, don't listen to "everything is fine and normal!"