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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 increasin

by jdiff 3mo 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.

kube-system 3mo 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 3mo 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.
newsomix9xl 3mo 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 3mo 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.

by jdiff 3mo ago

kube-system 3mo 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 3mo 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.

newsomix9xl 3mo 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 3mo 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.