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Comment by john_strinlai

5 days ago

im crying and throwing up everywhere. everything i use must be brutalist.

even seeing the linux penguin makes me want to punch my monitor and commit sudoku

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lelanthran  5 days ago

> even seeing the linux penguin makes me want to punch my monitor and commit sudoku

Puzzling, indeed!

derefr  5 days ago

I think you missed the point. Things should look like what they are.

The Linux kernel is ultimately a friendly open-source project. There's no harm in it being marketed using a cartoon penguin.

These AI services, meanwhile, are the dangled lights on the heads of data-hungry environment-threatening job-killing leviathantine anglerfish.

Making the dangled light present as non-threatening is not a good thing for society, no matter how much you may personally like pretty lights.

  • Hugsbox  4 days ago

    Are you suggesting AI companies should intentionally make the visual representations of their products look overtly terrifying?

    And also, if they should look like what they are, what exactly does an AI agent that follows you around in all your devices _look like_? Surely they have to take some creative liberties, and it's hard to blame them for wanting something that looks appealing and friendly.

    Would you be satisfied if they made it a floating skull with glowing red eyes that periodically screams vague threats at you?

  • abustamam  5 days ago

    Idk after Toy Story 3 where the cute cuddly bear was the bad guy, and after 5 nights at freddys, I no longer trust cuddly mascots.

    I agree with your general point though.

  • panarky  5 days ago

    Imagine 2001: A Space Odyssey with Meta's "Jolly" avatar as HAL instead of a blinking red camera lens.

    So much more terrifying for a cute, round, fuzzy, friendly, rosy-cheeked plushie trying to exterminate the crew.

    • sublinear  5 days ago

      Is it?

      Every time I think of any attempt to make something "cute" into something "dangerous", I can't take any of it seriously.

      I'm reminded of mid-2000s clichés promoted by the edgelords of the time, and that was the peak edgelord era of all time.