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the one thing i like about generative ai is when it is wrong. because it is always very, very funny. it is so confident and so enthusiastic while failing, like the very best clown. so, i'm here to tell you that there MAY be NOTHING FUNNIER than asking ai to do ASCII drawings. here's donald duck:

lisa kudrow from friends. ("it's stylized and a bit abstract, like a posterized outline — evoking her kind and expressive Phoebe Buffay energy!")

fred flintstone. ("Here's our favorite prehistoric everyman!" hahahah my god)

fred flintstone and barney rubble. ("Fred taller, broader, with his tie. Barney shorter and rounder with his cheerful grin.")

PS: this all started when steve asked for an ascii ronald reagan. i had to try it too. look, i know this stuff is improving at a mind-boggling rate. i know when sam altman sees this he'll spend $1.5T to build a massive server farm in Ohio dedicated to just ASCII art. but for now… we have a laugh

(also please don't worry i will take fewer showers next week to make up for this)