[ExI] funny ai story

[spike at rainier66.com]

When I was six yrs old, my grandfather took me out to his mother’s farm to visit.  He had a brownie box camera, showed me how to use it.  I took this photo:

 

 



 

 

OK now look carefully at the left edge of the photo where you see half a person walking into the house.  For years I didn’t know who that was, but finally figured out it is her granddaughter, who is my father’s cousin, my first cousin once removed.

 

I went out to see Granny’s house last month, which is still standing mostly.  The main part of the house, on the right, is still intact.  I went inside.  The next house to it, to my back as I took this photo, is where my cousin lives now and has lived most of her life.  We visited for a good coupla hours.  Although she is age 90, her mind is in good shape.  I realized that my then 31 yr old cousin is the half a person walking into the house.

 

So… I went home, took that image above and asked Grok to extrapolate from that half person, create an image of the whole person, and colorize the image.  It gave me this:

 



 

I printed an 8x10s, framed it and mailed it to her.  A coupla days later, she called me when I was at a local hardware store.  She loved the photo.  Granny never had a color image made of her.  So I said Hey cuz, did you notice yourself in the background there?  She said Oh no no no honey, that’s not me.  I never had buns like that, not on my very best day.

 

I broke up laughing loudly at that comment, har harring out loud.  I almost had to sit down on the floor to keep from falling.  People were looking at me like I was crazier than I actually am.

 

She continued: I think that is my sister.  She had very shapely hips.  I always kept my boyfriends away from her.  They would take one look at that girl and I went right out the window!

 

OK so… the AI was kind to my cousin.  I didn’t bother trying to explain artificial intelligence to a person who is 90 yrs old and has never used a computer.

 

Do feel free to enquire about the contents of that cauldron.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

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