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It even has an xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2128/ https://xkcd.com/2128/
by drhagen 2y ago
It even has an xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2128/ https://xkcd.com/2128/
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoAt this point, xkcd must be like Simpsons. They already did everything.
- amelius 2y agoI'm starting to suspect that google is behind xkcd, i.e. running some generative AI script behind the scenes whenever someone looks for a comic.
- xarope 2y agoxkcd has targeted humor, which I think GANs are not able to demonstrate (at least for now!)
- KMnO4 2y agoI wonder how hard this would be. As a joke, I put your comment into Claude and asked for an XKCD comic. Surprisingly, it generated (a very bad) SVG image: https://jumpshare.com/s/cBhNffK6aWZX5SwYP0YN https://jumpshare.com/s/cBhNffK6aWZX5SwYP0YN I asked it to instead generate a comic in text form and got the following: Title: "The XKCD Paradox" Panel 1: A stick figure is typing on a computer. Above them is a thought bubble: "I bet there's an XKCD about how there's always a relevant XKCD." Panel 2: The screen shows a Google search result. The stick figure exclaims, "Huh, there isn't one. That's weird." Panel 3: We see the inside of a Google data center. Servers are labeled "XKCD Generator AI." An alarm is flashing with the text "Paradox detected!" Panel 4: A stick figure resembling Randall Munroe is shown frantically drawing at a desk. A speech bubble reads, "Must... draw... comic... about... always... having... relevant... comic..." Panel 5: Back to the original stick figure, now looking at a new XKCD comic on their screen. The comic is titled "Meta-Relevance" and shows a recursive image of stick figures looking at computers. Panel 6: A wide shot shows both the stick figure and the Randall Munroe character simultaneously saying, "Whew, balance restored." Footnote at the bottom of the comic: "Plot twist: This comic was generated by an AI trying to convince you it wasn't generated by an AI." This version plays with the meta-concept of XKCD's relevance, the idea of paradoxes in AI, and adds a layer of self-referential humor typical of XKCD. It also touches on the theme of AI-generated content trying to prove it's not AI-generated, adding an extra layer of cleverness to the concept.
- myst 2y agoThe textual one is quite good! I wish Randall does it.
- kenjackson 2y agoMaybe a little on the nose, but way better than I can do.
- y-curious 2y agoI'm mind-blown at how relevant that is here
- thaumasiotes 2y agoOddly, the example in the comic is an absolutely awful example of the phenomenon described in the caption. A robot that can induce targeted lightning strikes has obvious military applications. Screw search and rescue.
- ppsreejith 2y agoTo be pedantic, the comic doesn't mention _targeted_ lightning strikes.
- kolinko 2y agoOr perhaps it’s a meta comic about dual use :) A lot of the claimed s&r applications are really a thin cover for military gear. I remember trying to mentor a hardware startup on an event, and we just couldn’t find the common language with the girl that was pitching it. I just couldn’t see how the cases would justify the market. Only later on I figured out that the cases were absurd, and all of them really a cover for military applications. Finding survivors in a forest = finding partisans, is the most common one.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> robot that can induce targeted lightning strikes has obvious military applications Rescue victims are just the co-operating category of hidden people.
- rightbyte 2y agoThe hookshot also is a weapon in OoT.