TODAY I liked a cat video—a kitten making a cute noise. But then I thought—was the kitten too cute? Sounded a little synthetic, too, that mew. The pose unnaturally adorable. NEEDLESS TO SAY I UNliked in a hurry. Because it was obviously an AI kitten. Not the real deal. We all know kittens are quite ugly in real life and make zero cute noises.
And it got me to thinking—that is how we are going to beat this thing. AI thinks the world is beautiful. WRONG. We know the real deal. Ugly kittens all the way down. So next picture you take, stick a little dirty thumb in the shot. Include the garbage on the street. Get all your friends’ double chins. They will thank you later. Because this is how we will distinguish ourselves from those too cute fantasy dork AI robots! We bring our ugly! AI will not take over your likeness if it no likey your likeness. Bust out the stained sweat pants. You know the ones! LIVE FREE! KEEP IT REAL! DIE ROBOTS! SO WE CAN LIVE!