Artificial Intelligence is no longer a myth but a reality and is an ally for various purposes, whether it is to schedule tasks for the day, help us generate images or compose music.
However, this technology has not yet reached absolute perfection, so it is common for “opportunities for improvement” to arise. Of course, with vehicle Internet, these errors have gone viral, becoming jokes and even memes.
So, join us to discover the 5 cases in which Artificial Intelligence has committed one or another nonsense and we have laughed about it. And don’t worry, you can laugh with confidence, since the AI doesn’t take itself too seriously.
1. The Glitches of This Person Does Not Exist
The line between what is real and what is simulated is increasingly blurred. And we can see this on a website called “This Person Does Not Exist” that provides portraits of fictitious individuals created by an AI.
Although the initial purpose was to generate realistic images, these creations have proven very convincing. However, there are photos that are a bit “funny”.
For example, you can find images of people, with limbs coming out that you would never see in reality. Or body parts (like ears or noses) that emerge from nowhere. Simply terrifying.
So, if you’ve used this site to search for artificial faces, you may have come across these anomalies. And if you haven’t visited this page, what are you waiting for to visit it and have a laugh?
2. Google Street View and people’s occurrences
Google Street View is a tool that allows you to identify streets and places, all thanks to a vehicle with an integrated camera that captures images around the world. The intention of this is to make navigation in Google Earth and Google Maps more efficient.
Although Google Street View is known for its usefulness in navigation, it has also captured fun (and sometimes strange) moments in its global journey.
A good part of these moments occur because people know that this vehicle passes at a certain time and “they allow themselves to be captured in photos” to achieve funny moments, become anecdotes and thus pass down to posterity.
From disguised mannequins to deformed people or people with excess limbs, these are common situations in Street View, as they show us everyday life with one or another alteration, but in a crazy way.
3. The “Jokes” of virtual assistants
Virtual assistants, such as Apple’s Siri or Google Assistant, have been programmed to help us in our daily tasks and answer our questions in a useful and efficient way.
However, they also have a comedic side that can sometimes baffle us. With unexpected answers or jokes that border on the absurd, these assistants show us that AI can also have its “sense of humor.”
Although their jokes sometimes don’t make us laugh (or they do, as long as we turn them around), they make us reflect on the complexity of teaching a machine to understand human humor.
This certainly reminds us of Isaac Asimov’s story called “The Funny One,” which is about a robot that tells jokes, learns to analyze them, and becomes good at telling them. I hope Siri and Alexa take note and learn from this robot. Or better yet, let them learn to do irony!
4. TikTok’s musical filters
TikTok, the popular social media platform, has introduced a new collection of interactive music filters, whose initial premise is to create videos from them and offer entertainment.
These filters, which, thanks to dynamic visual effects, result in a musical pattern, invite people to explore new forms of creativity. However, few user attempts result in anything coherent.
Basically, these filters are only for the enjoyment of the users, and no training in music theory is required to use them. This is undoubtedly another element for the youngest to have fun.
5. The “inclusive” images of Google Gemini
AI has also been the protagonist of controversies, as in the case of Google’s Gemini platform, which was accused of incorrectly representing ethnic minorities and historical figures in its generated images.
From black Vikings to Nazi soldiers of other races, these errors have generated criticism and debates (and quite a few memes) about racial bias in AI.
While this reflects the challenges of diverse representation in technology, it also reminds us of the importance of addressing these issues sensitively and ethically.
The comic side of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence has shown us that, although it can be a powerful and sophisticated tool, it also has its comical and sometimes clumsy side.
From images generated with anomalies to unexpected responses from virtual assistants, AI reminds us that, despite all its advances, it still has a lot to learn about the world and humans.
Likewise, these situations could serve as an impetus to create Artificial Intelligences with a greater “sense of humor.” This would be the definitive challenge to create systems in the best style of “Interstellar” and the TARS robot.
Not for nothing, one of the evidences that someone is intelligent is their sense of the ridiculous. But we may have to wait a while for AIs to generate intentional humor. Of course, we don’t complain about their naive clumsiness either.
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