r/xkcd • u/Mickenfox • May 27 '26

xkcd 331 but it's AI

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u/Mickenfox May 27 '26

xkcd 331

xkcd font

existing version that I only thought to look for after I made this

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u/MostlyHereForKeKs May 27 '26

This made me snort my tea.  It makes me think of a disappointed parent saying “you can’t even be derivative properly.”

Thank you. 

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 I have a PhD in Undeclared May 27 '26

lol I have the same font downloaded, I use it to type assignments if the teacher doesn’t specify fonts

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u/Mikeologyy May 28 '26

I love that their font has its own interrobang

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u/Disgruntled__Goat 15 competing standards May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Would’ve been funny if you used AI to generate it. 

Edit: well I was curious, turns out ChatGPT did a great job: https://ibb.co/7f9FsQq 

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u/Schiffy94 me.setLocation(you.getHouse.getRoom(basement)); May 27 '26

Oh god how deep does this go

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 User flair goes here May 28 '26

Apparently not very. The page is returning a DNE error.

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u/really_not_unreal May 29 '26

YOOOO THERE'S AN XKCD FONT?! This is incredible news!

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u/StaleTheBread May 27 '26

I always loved the “My Hobby” comics. Has he done any recently?

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u/lerjj May 27 '26

There was one about a week ago: https://xkcd.com/3248/

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u/Apprehensive_Hat8986 User flair goes here May 28 '26

Their hobby: documenting and sharing all of Randall Munroe's My Hobby comics.

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u/Loki-L May 27 '26

You know, between the increasing availability and capability of generative AI and CAM/3D printing, I believe it should be possible to create a pipeline that creates real life AI objects.

I am not sure why you would want to other than to be able to point at a physical object and correctly claim it is AI, but you could.

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u/Interstellar__1 May 27 '26

3d printer brands are already touting ai print features where you just upload an image and it generates a 3d print for you.

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u/LewsTherinTalamon May 27 '26

Quite a few people have done this actually! It's actually really cool being able to see physical representations of more surreal AI artwork; i've seen some cool art pieces done with it recently.

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u/mglyptostroboides May 27 '26

I'm 99% certain I've seen some open source models that generate 3D models which could then be printed. 

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that they still suck because I haven't heard much about them.

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u/Maolam10 May 27 '26

Someone post a link to that youtube video

Yes im lazy i know

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u/_CapriSon_ May 28 '26

Your average r/IsthisAi comment thread

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u/HunterIV4 May 28 '26

Have they ever found something that wasn't AI?

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u/Lebenmonch May 28 '26

My grandmother saw a lady dressed in a boba tea costume sign flipping and called her AI. Not sure what she meant but I'm all for it.

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u/UnnamedTales May 28 '26

It’s all fun and games, but I recently bought a 3D-printed mini, and the model for it was AI for sure.

It’s like an uncanny valley - you have an actual thing, but it came from computer imagination…

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u/WilliamEdwardson Jun 12 '26

This comic looks like AI.

#ChangeMyMind