@davidrevoy I did not expect to get comics about ai from you. Am a bit dissapointed. The other comics are great!
@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
@davidrevoy when will she cast a spell to destroy that damn thing
@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.
Is the Avian Intelligence a Large Lorikeet Model by any chance? 🙃
@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.
@davidrevoy the little green blobular sprite (?) is such a cute touch!
@zoec The little frog? Something she got since the episode of last week 😊 https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/115696288582182149
@davidrevoy I love the Gothic Sorceress character, can relate with her 😙 Hope she will continue her journey.
Btw, a teapot moon? 😁
@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
@davidrevoy @tisaac Et ma porte de bureau à l’université se remplie de cette série. (Help I’m running out of space).
@Sobex oui, j'allais dire que si des impressions de bonne qualité existent à la vente, je suis prêt à acheté, plutôt que faire un honteux détournement de bien sociaux via l'imprimante couleur du boulot. 😁
@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 )
@davidrevoy Did you hear about the guy whose entire hard drive got deleted by Google Gemini?
You HAVE to make a comic about it 😁
Well, you don't HAVE, but it's really, really, REALLY asking for it 😆
@yuki2501
Oh, first time I see, I'll read it! Thank you for sharing inspiration. 💜
@davidrevoy je vois que tu encourages la délinquance en col blanc. Je ne te félicite pas.
*Clic*
@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
Surrounding oneself only with yes-men... not a good idea.
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/donald-trumps-cabinet-white-house-appointments/
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump-general-kruse-and-the-perils-of-yes-men
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/13/russia-putin-yes-men-trump-cabinet/
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5308159-trump-20-differences-first-term/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-king-economy-golf
@davidrevoy @momo Personally, I treasure every one of them. They do ring so true, but that is part of what makes them amusing. And brilliant.
What's your criticism? I think they're spot on with the Avian Intelligence. We need more of that, not less.
@Brokar @davidrevoy It was not a criticism about the wonderful art of David. This topic is just everywhere around and it was too much for me.
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 the moon should be purple anyways because purple is just awesome
@davidrevoy @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.
@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!
@davidrevoy I love the series, and your art for that matter!
Wait, what?! The moon is a tea pot?! 😱
@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 😊
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 These are just so wonderful. The comedy is perfect and your sorceress's expressions are brilliant.
C'est magnifique.
Merci beaucoup David.
@davidrevoy These drawings of the aviance intelligence lately have been perfect 
@davidrevoy j'aime bien cette série de planches sur l'IA, bravo et merci!
@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
@davidrevoy Aw...I am so charmed by her brilliance! *sly wink*
@davidrevoy
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.
@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. 😆
@davidrevoy
Avian Systematic Syncophancy (ASS for short)
@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.
It is a good play on "stochastic parrot" idea by Emily Bender.
@craigduncan Yes and thank you. The inspiration for a Parrot comes from here.
@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
@davidrevoy sometimes I come across an account making me think „I *must* follow!“ only to see I already do…