The icon for the new AI art bot was an anthropomorphic raccoon with an artist’s palette and a big grin. Art – as he was of course named – cheerfully painted alongside the AI’s user, no matter the subject.
The bot’s misplaced empathy had gone viral after Art cheerfully painted a Victorian funeral, a woman sobbing, and a gloomy Scottish ruin – all on social media fame.
The AI owners took full advantage of the viral publicity and built a cheerful robot that went on tour as it “painted” using the AI.
The trick kept the momentum rolling until the hottest day of the year…
“I quit!” spat the tiny man as he fell out of a hidden compartment inside the purported robot. He lay on the ground, stunned and panting, and then ran for the woods.
The AI owner smoothed his mustache as the crowd pulled closer. “Ah, folks – eep!”
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