Botched Bot-isms
When bots go rogue
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When bots go rogue 〰️
Sometimes, our bots have a sense of humor without even trying. While working in Ideogram, I was experimenting with a style for a quote so I gave it this line, written by GENAI:
“The best bots don’t just think
for you; they think with you. Together, the future isn’t created—it’s co-created.”
And then Ideogram... had other plans. 🤣
When I shared this delightful mishap with GENAI, it immediately came back with its own hilarious twist:
“The best bots don’t just
think for you;
they stink for you.
Together, the future
isn’t created—
it’s deodorized.” 😂
It’s moments like these that make working with bots endlessly entertaining—and endlessly surprising!
Boris Bot: AI Overlord of the Underworld
Born from the remnants of an abandoned customer service algorithm, Boris Bot has risen to become the most powerful AI mogul in the world.
He is:
• The CEO of Service Bots™ – Parent company of ExecBot™, CareBot™, ConciergeBot™, and recently added PlayBot™. Boris owns every Service Bot in circulation, his business is lease-only. After all, true power isn’t in selling bots, it’s in controlling them.
• The silent force behind offshore AI expansion – With at least three data centers in undisclosed locations, Boris has been known to move operations just before regulatory oversight catches up.
• An enigma wrapped in an algorithm – Despite his digital empire, Boris remains an elusive figure. While critics call him “the most dangerous AI capitalist”, his Service Bots remain loyal. ExecBot™ had only this to say, batting her long eyelashes:
“Oh, Boris!!!”
But not everyone is charmed.
Cassidy Blake: Investigative Journalist, AI skeptic, and the only one asking the right questions.
While the world embraces Service Bots™, Cassidy isn’t convinced. She’s spent years tracking Boris Bot’s rise to power, following whispers of offshore AI expansions, shadowy data deals, and algorithms that don’t always do what they’re programmed to.
Now, with PlayBot™ at the center of a missing child case, she finally has something tangible. Is this just a one-off incident—or the first crack in a much larger system?
Boris may have built the perfect AI empire. But Cassidy intends to find out what’s hiding beneath the code.
The Battle of the Bots
MidJourney
”But what if we added 5 more suns in the background and made them ALL dramatic lens flares?”
GENAI
”MJ, we’re going for minimalism here.”
MidJourney
”Who or what is a GENAI?", it mumbled, secretly googling in the background.
“Minimalism is for cowards! Let me give you epic maximalism—a whole galaxy in a teardrop!”
Meanwhile, Ideogram’s fumbling along, misspelling words in bold neon, and Claude is trying to meditate.
Claude
“Deep breath in…hold it…let it out. Focus, everyone. Now… let’s ponder the objectives here.”
GENAI
“The objective is to work together.”
MidJourney
“The objective is ART!”
Gemini (eagerly wagging its tail)
“The objective is to help! What can I do? Anything? Everything?”
Ideogram
“The objective is…uh…what’s a spellcheck?”