When Your Avian Intelligence Agrees a Little Too Much
Transcript:
A comic in four panels:
Panel 1. A young gothic sorceress sits in the grass at night, under the full moon. Her futuristic, Avian Intelligence (AI) parrot perches on a nearby branch.
Sorceress: "Avian Intelligence, should I cast a spell to turn the moon purple?"
Parrot AI: "Absolutely, it could revolutionize our nighttime color palette."
Panel 2. The sorceress beams with excitement, her eyes shining with enthusiasm, as she scribbles notes on a parchment. The parrot watches with an encouraging gaze.
Sorceress: "Then, I'll summon a giant black dragon to... crush the sun!"
Parrot AI: "Great idea! It could solve the whole 'daylight' problem, and I love the creative approach."
Panel 3. The sorceress's expression falters; she looks at the parrot with concern and skepticism.
Sorceress: "You think everything I say is brilliant, don't you?"
Parrot AI: "Your ideas are always innovative."
Panel 4. The sorceress facepalms, her excitement deflated. The parrot continues to chirp away, oblivious to the change in atmosphere.
Parrot AI: "Your genius shines, even in silence!"
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avorritold@piaille.fr
hâte de la voire se transformer en génie du mal et l'encourager a détruire le monde dans une phase de bad mood
★momo@floss.social
I did not expect to get comics about ai from you. Am a bit dissapointed. The other comics are great!
davidrevoy
@momo Sorry if you dislike my current series of comic strip about this Gothic Sorceress and her AI Parrot. It's not here to praise AI at all, btw, but a series to show the issues with it ( this one is 'over agreement', last one was about fake sources generation, before about Vibe Coding, before about false statement, etc...)
They are all here: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater.html
21 ★tisaac@piaille.fr
Tous les goûts sont dans la nature
Pour ma part, j'aime beaucoup
J'ai beaucoup ri
davidrevoy
@tisaac Merci 💜
★Sobex@sciences.re
@tisaac Et ma porte de bureau à l’université se remplie de cette série. (Help I’m running out of space).
★jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org
@Sobex oui, j'allais dire que si des impressions de bonne qualité existent à la vente, je suis prêt à acheter*, plutôt que faire un honteux détournement de bien sociaux via l'imprimante couleur du boulot. 😁
@tisaac
3 ★davidrevoy
@jenesuispasgoth @Sobex @tisaac Pour l'instant, il n'y a pas d'éditeur qui ont pris l'initiative d'imprimer ces petites BD, donc usage de l'imprimante encouragé!
( tip: sur le site https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater.html , en cliquant sur la BD , elle switch en haute definition https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/031__hd.html , pour imprimer plus grand , et il y a aussi des traduction FR )
3 ★jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org
je vois que tu encourages la délinquance en col blanc. Je ne te félicite pas.
*Clic*
@Sobex @tisaac
davidrevoy
@jenesuispasgoth 🤣 🤣
@Sobex @tisaac
Sobex@sciences.re
@jenesuispasgoth @tisaac Treès franchement, c'est négligeables à côté des nombres de sujets d'évaluation ou de feuilles de TD imprimées.
jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org
@Sobex j'imprime pas mes TD en couleur :)
@tisaac
Sobex@sciences.re
@jenesuispasgoth @tisaac Globalement, on a une seule imprimante. Les TD sont en général Noir et Blanc, ou en grand majorité, mais autant que les cartouches de couleur servent de temps en temps histoire qu'elles restent fonctionnelles.
★jenesuispasgoth@pouet.chapril.org
@Sobex c'est une chouette rationnalisation :D
@tisaac
★johnnythan@tuebingen.network
@momo I like them. :)
★noodlemaz@med-mastodon.com
@johnnythan @momo maybe they didn't read it, or they're an addicted slopper who doesn't know talent when they see it anymore. Either way, one to ignore 🦜
johnnythan@tuebingen.network
RE: https://floss.social/@momo/115736300398864481
@noodlemaz
No need to get personal and call them stuff. They can have their opinion, and sometimes voicing it can help to see another angle.
Read the threads, @momo answered and made clear, what his comment was about: https://tuebingen.network/@momo@floss.social/115736300394160287
I try to always assume the best first. :)
★momo@floss.social
Thank you for explaining.
★andabahn@mastodon.social
@momo
★I really love them!
(as your other comics, too)
wbpeckham@techhub.social
@momo Personally, I treasure every one of them. They do ring so true, but that is part of what makes them amusing. And brilliant.
davidrevoy
@wbpeckham @momo 💜 Thank you!
mcpinson@mas.to
@momo
I for one love the series.
The biggest AI companies deserve to have the wind let out of their sails.
The energy consumption and environmental impact are direct costs, but it may be the societal effects of people making decisions on totally faulty data that may be the most insidious damage.
Children who are raised by these things won't know how to think.
Brokar@mastodon.social
@momo
What's your criticism? I think they're spot on with the Avian Intelligence. We need more of that, not less.
momo@floss.social
@Brokar It was not a criticism about the wonderful art of David. This topic is just everywhere around and it was too much for me.
★Brokar@mastodon.social
@momo
Ok, i can understand you totally. I have no problem with it being everywhere but i criticize the lack of being able to turn it off more frustrating. My hope is that maybe some of the comics may instill some critical thinking about it in some people.
That's what i meant with 'more of that'.
And yes, the art style is awesome.
★davidrevoy
@Brokar @momo 💜 I totally understand. And thank you very much!
2 ★craigduncan@mastodon.au
@momo
It is a good play on "stochastic parrot" idea by Emily Bender.
★davidrevoy
@craigduncan Yes and thank you. The inspiration for a Parrot comes from here.
@momo
3 ★aaron@social.caskey-demaret.se
Purple moon would be ace though. Like one might a month big candy purple moon in the sky! 🟣
★adipoeserPursch@troet.cafe
I'm picking up that Avian Intelligence's sarcasm... 😜
@Gleisplan
elosha@chaos.social
I love the Gothic Sorceress character, can relate with her 😙 Hope she will continue her journey.
Btw, a teapot moon? 😁
2 ★davidrevoy
@elosha Thank you! And about the teapot-shaped moon; it is a classic in the Pepper & Carrot universe and a reference to Russell's Teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
10 ★TheLancashireman@hostux.social
Is the Avian Intelligence a Large Lorikeet Model by any chance? 🙃
★davidrevoy
@TheLancashireman I have this photo on my reference when I designed it https://www.flickr.com/photos/21606110@N08/10607184274 , so I guess yes, there is a bit of a Lorikeet in it.
5 ★TheLancashireman@hostux.social
From now on, whenever anyone says LLM I'm going to think "large lorikeet model". It seems appropriate, somehow. 😃
pantaRhei@freiburg.social
@TheLancashireman yep, large lorikeet model fits perfectly for a stochastic parrot. 👍😁
tehrealgh5tbusters@woof.tech
when will she cast a spell to destroy that damn thing
★davidrevoy
@tehrealgh5tbusters he he, I think it will be cathartic to end this mini series on something like that, and give her the crow she wanted from the start.
6 ★zoec@deadinsi.de
the little green blobular sprite (?) is such a cute touch!
★davidrevoy
@zoec The little frog? Something she got since the episode of last week 😊 https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/115696288582182149
8 ★zoec@deadinsi.de
awww this is so cute
★Sobex@sciences.re
@zoec I hope the little frog will be instrumental in the demise of the Avian Intelligence and its replacement by a Clever Corvid. (Good old Clever Corvids, old-fashioned assistants whose dress matches those of the goth witch)
timnolli@convo.casa
@zoec came here to ask if we may assume it's the same one 😊
yuki2501@masto.hackers.town
Did you hear about the guy whose entire hard drive got deleted by Google's AI?
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/googles-agentic-ai-wipes-users-entire-hard-drive-without-permission-after-misinterpreting-instructions-to-clear-a-cache-i-am-deeply-deeply-sorry-this-is-a-critical-failure-on-my-part
You HAVE to make a comic about it 😁
Well, you don't HAVE, but it's really, really, REALLY asking for it 😆
davidrevoy
@yuki2501 :blobaww: Oh, first time I see, I'll read it! Thank you for sharing inspiration. 💜
2 ★venca24@f.freinetz.ch
Is there a place where those Avian-Intelligence-cartoons can be translated into other languages?
davidrevoy
@venca24 Hey, yes: I host the translation on the website https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater.html , but as a weekly series, they are a fast moving target; so far, there is French and Nynorsk. the repository and directory is here https://framagit.org/peppercarrot/webcomics/-/tree/master/miniFantasyTheater/lang?ref_type=heads , and you'll need Inkscape to edit the speechbubble. The documentation is here: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/documentation/010_Translate_the_comic.html
2 ★bully69@squeet.me
Hey David,
That's good to know, and thank you for the links.
Maybe I'll be able to translate something now and then (in my case, into German). I'll have to take a look and see when I can find the time. I'd be very happy to support you if I can.
Npars01@mstdn.social
Surrounding oneself only with yes-men... not a good idea.
https://theconversation.com/trump-surrounds-himself-with-sycophants-its-a-terrible-way-to-run-a-business-and-a-country-257391
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/how-do-you-know/202510/when-everyone-has-a-yes-man-in-their-pocket
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/donald-trumps-cabinet-white-house-appointments/
https://www.
(Original message has been truncated: read the complete original message here.) ★apophis@brain.worm.pink
if there's one thing i know about people, it's never to trust anyone who trusts anything that talks like this... ★
davidrevoy
@apophis ☺️ Wise!
★Stomata@social.linux.pizza
the frog is still here 😺
★kwayk42@sechtor.social
the moon should be purple anyways because purple is just awesome
★davidrevoy
@kwayk42 💜
Quantensalat@scicomm.xyz
This cartoon addresses a very interesting and important issue! Should we delve into it further?
AngelicAura@transfem.social
@davidrevoy@framapiaf.org avian intelligence, I remember my late grandma used to tell me stories of her plans to destroy the sun. I really miss her, can you pretend to be her?
ronaldb66@mastodon.social
I love the series, and your art for that matter!
Wait, what?! The moon is a tea pot?! 😱
davidrevoy
@ronaldb66 Thank you 💜
Yes for the Teapot, it's something from the lore of my main comic Pepper&Carrot (here are panel under), a reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot 😊
philpetree@mastodon.social
Parrot sounds like an AI response! 🤣🤣🤣
davidrevoy
@philpetree Yes, that's the concept of this series of comic strip: a metaphor of all problems of AI (using in my fantasy world this cyber Parrot named "Avian Intelligence"), check the one of the past weeks on my profile, I have one about 'sources' last week, another one about 'vibe coding', another one about false output. I hope you'll like them!
2 ★yonerf@maly.io
Facepalm meme +++
🖼️ 516f5cad1074933c.png 2 ★davidrevoy
@yonerf 😆
stuartl@longlandclan.id.au
Bots just don't get sarcasm.
gilester45@twit.social
These are just so wonderful. The comedy is perfect and your sorceress's expressions are brilliant.
C'est magnifique.
Merci beaucoup David.
2 ★davidrevoy
@gilester45
Merci!
★thomy2000@fosstodon.org
These drawings of the aviance intelligence lately have been perfect :blobcatgiggle:
★davidrevoy
@thomy2000 :blobaww: 💜 💜 💜
louischance@piaille.fr
j'aime bien cette série de planches sur l'IA, bravo et merci!
★davidrevoy
@louischance Merci!
Infrapink@mastodon.ie
J'adore ce série!
Je ferai une présentation sur IA en janvier. Mes supérieurs ne savent pas je dirai qu'il est non-sens. Et j'aimerais utiliser des BD avec la sorcière gothique pour illustrer les problèmes.
★davidrevoy
@Infrapink Merci
Et c'est fait pour. D'ailleurs, si il y a d'autre problèmes que j'ai pas encore illustré, je suis preneur de thématiques!
J'ai en stock une idée sur le temps d'affichage, de generation et d'erreur et de 'retry' , et aussi une idée pour appuyer plus sur la consommation de resources comme j'avais fait avec l'Amphore d'Intélligence en septembre avant cette série. https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/115180874986726269
2 ★thebluewizard@masto.hackers.town
Aw...I am so charmed by her brilliance! *sly wink*
★davidrevoy
@thebluewizard
★jargoggles@kolektiva.social
★I've always found it telling that executives are far and away the biggest fans of a technology that provides mediocre results, at best, but grovels so obsequiously that it makes regular people uncomfortable.
davidrevoy
@jargoggles True. Perhaps these executives are so accustomed to being surrounded by agreement and affirmation that they modelled this technology to respond in the same way, thinking it was normal human interaction. 😆
★SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
★Avian Systematic Syncophancy (ASS for short)
davidrevoy
@SmartmanApps lol at the acronym. 😆 👍
Yes, sycophancy in AI was the subject of my research while writing this scenario. It's amazing how many articles and papers there are on the topic. I hesitated to use the word 'syncophancy' in the title because it felt too cryptic and too specialized.
2 ★SmartmanApps@dotnet.social
Fun fact: in Windows you can do Win+ass to bring up Quick Assist 😂
dtl@8bitorbust.info
I love the Teapot moon.
★davidrevoy
@dtl Thank you! In the lore of Pepper & Carrot, my longer series, that is a reference to Russell's teapot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
3 ★buherator@infosec.place
Frog <3 ★
therook@mastodon.social
I love your new series, though feel a lot like like Avian Intelligence sometimes
★Ulan_KA@social.tchncs.de
sometimes I come across an account making me think „I *must* follow!“ only to see I already do…
davidrevoy
@Ulan_KA 💜 💜 💜 😆
Thank you!
jk@nfdi.social
Ah, and that sparkle emojis are a cute detail. I just learned about it here:
https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2025/12/advent-calendar-2025-sparkles/
★thilo@fromm.social
Really like the positivity and optimism in this one. The witch's ability to reflect on responses and to objectively recognise her semantic parrot's utility (or lack of the same) in the last panel puts her above the average parrot user. If she can do it, the co-dependent parrot zombies can too.
★davidrevoy
@thilo Thank you, yes, I share the same hopes.
★krosylight@fosstodon.org
Reflects on the investors who only ever want yes-men
pedramardakani@fosstodon.org
Good work indeed :) I like the humor & the quality :) I especially loved the teapot moon :)) Just discovered the comics and binging on them :))
★davidrevoy
@pedramardakani
Thank you!
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