[ExI] funny ai story

[Adrian Tymes]

Since the objected-to anatomy was visible in the original photo, I suspect
you misidentified the person at the edge of the photo, assuming your
cousin's memory is correct.

On Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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