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What is this collection? I find the proliferation of visual representations for artificial intelligence as humanoid robots to be unimaginative. Why? Rant on...

Sadly Robotic Metaphors for AI
Sadly Robotic Metaphors for AI
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An open site for sharing the worst cliche AI Generated images as representing AI- you know the humanoid robots, the electronic brains, all the blue glowing screens. As a SPLOT anyone can submit and take credit (or not) for sharing another sadly robotic metaphor for AI.

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17 Sad metaphors Tagged "Robot" (page 1 of 2)

Humanoid plastic tobot with overly sized head peers at a chalkboard as if pretending to be thinking.

Neoteny is For Robots

(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

Right out of the text Stephen J. Gould’s Ontogeny and Phylogeny we have a juvenile styled plastic robot obviously “thinking” or a simulation there of, full on case…

Headline text reads How is AI changing the classroom: classroom advice. Two students in front row with laptops open and in front fo the room is a blackboard with hand writing. The change here is the teacher is a robot with a hand in the air.

I Can See The Change in the Classroom: Everything has Changed

(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

As language only an LLM could proffer “AI is quickly becoming part of our everyday lives and can add some new factors to teaching. But what is AI…

On right a yound woman seeminbly in deep thought types on a keypad. Just opposite on left is a large header, ghost like robot head seemingly staring at her.

Bubbly Pal

(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

This is the supreme relationship with the machine. Note the typical blue glow colors. but also the Stephen J Gould style neoteny of the robot with the large,…

Graphic style classroom seen with rows of students in tables stretching back to end of large hall. In the front a young male in glasses stares to his side at a plastic large robot who seems to be looking at the human the same way.

That Dude in My Class Looks Weird

(3 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

In many ways this image fits well for my friend Bryan’s newsletter post Teaching with AI: strategies against cheating – a human student and a robot stand in…

Robot seated at table with gaze focused on pad of paper and poised with pen in hand. The scene is in what looks like a library with many rows of shelves.

Robot Writes in the Library

(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

Who chose on an ACM opinion piece of the state of copyright for GenAI content a likely generated  image of a robot writing with a pen in the…

Humanod Robot figure made of white plastic gazes at a mobile devince in its hands as it stand in front of hundreds of digital display screens all of which show random colors and patterns.

Robots Culture Scanning

(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

Why does a robot need a tablet to scan all the screens in front of it? Isnt AI all seeing, hearing, knowing? This was the featured image for…

Round headed white plastic like robot, with large blue dots for eyes, round speakers like ears, sits at a computer keyboard as if typing, off to the side a computer screen is visible. In the background are more computers and empty chairs. There are no humans.

I Can Use Computer Like a Real Boy

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This image is the “featured” image for this story in Technology Horizons in Education (THE) Journal titled Microsoft Unveils ‘Computer Use’ Automation in Copilot Studio . The metaphor…

The image depicts a cheerful classroom setting where a young boy is interacting with a humanoid robot. The boy, sitting at a desk, is smiling and appears engaged in conversation with the robot in front of him. The robot is colorful, with a primarily turquoise and orange design, large round eyes, and sleek, smooth surfaces. The background shows a lively classroom with colorful wall decorations and other children seated at desks, engaged in activities, and smiling. The atmosphere seems vibrant and educational, with bright colors and a cheerful environment.

Smile At Your Plastic Robot Teacher

(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

This classic aka tired AI as a Robot Teacher image is from a blog post from someone I deeply respect, Tony Bates in his post on An evaluation…

Cartoon style blue block head robot with glasses, wearing a tie, is standing holding an open thick book in front of a bookshelf.

Your AI Wise Professor is of Course… A Robot with a Book

(1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

And of course, ALL professors wear ties. This is the featured image chosen to align with a Venture Beat “piece” (I can’t use “article” or “news item: as…

Robot about 5 times as high as a person in front with a giant hand and glowing blue eyes is tethereed to a machine on the left by wires on the fllor and ones hanging from the ceiling attached to its back.

The Enormous Robot Tethered By Tubes and Wires

(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

I can’t see any connection of this image to a post about  AI and ML Reading List: My Favorites , it’s just a list of links in a…

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