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  3. I’m not sure I’d ever heard The Carpenter’s version of this song, and it’s fascinating how much better I like the Kermit version.

I’m not sure I’d ever heard The Carpenter’s version of this song, and it’s fascinating how much better I like the Kermit version.

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  • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

    It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

    AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

    Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

    Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

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    @MythingPerson

    The fact that they stay in character bumps them up a notch. Muppets stay in character backstage, between takes. Amazing.

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    • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

      It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

      AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

      Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

      Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

      pkw@snac.d34d.netP This user is from outside of this forum
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      I sorta fixate on a few sayings and "the artist embraces the
      constraints of their medium" is one of them. It sure does
      apply to the muppets! I can tear up watching a hand in a sock 😛
      And I don't feel weird at all about it. Art speaks to
      something in us. Maybe it's something we can't pin down,
      but AI does not speak to that part of us.


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      • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

        It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

        AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

        Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

        Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

        ewerybody@mastodon.socialE This user is from outside of this forum
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        @MythingPerson 🥳 https://ohai.social/@GIFS_of_Puppets/116663484537512267

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        • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

          It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

          AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

          Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

          Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

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          @MythingPerson im not crying your crying

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          • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

            It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

            AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

            Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

            Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

            netzblockierer@tech.lgbtN This user is from outside of this forum
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            @MythingPerson nodds in agreement

            Also said Muppets and espechally the "Sesame Street" ones actually do convey some valuable messages.

            • They may be artifical and obviously not human, but they are way more relateable on an emotional and factual level.
              • Maybe it's because they ain't beibg sold as new omnipotent beings we must pray towards or get killed by once they achieve said omnipotence…
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            • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

              It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

              AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

              Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

              Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

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              @MythingPerson ♥️

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                @MythingPerson Muppets are far more human than Republicans/ReformUK or TechBros.

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                • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

                  It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

                  AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

                  Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

                  Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

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                  @MythingPerson excellent point. But we repeatedly (even conversing 1:1) forget they’re artifice.

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                  • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

                    It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

                    AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

                    Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

                    Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

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                    @MythingPerson That right there is Jenson's Impact
                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqUHXBs2VeA

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                    • mythingperson@mastodon.socialM mythingperson@mastodon.social

                      It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.

                      AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.

                      Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.

                      Henson & Co ftw. ❤️

                      anygould@kind.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @MythingPerson The only thing the Hensons ever did wrong was sell to Disney. (And the fact that he refused to sell the CTW side means in his heart he knew it was a bad idea.)

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