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Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by bermuda@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] frog@beehaw.org 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That image haunts me. I can only assume this paper got through peer review because the reviewers saw that image and went mad, like all those who have witnessed eldritch monstrosities.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 2 points 9 months ago

It's not AI, it's a window on the diseased minds of poor bastards who experimented with some lovecraftian horror from outer space.

Yeah, I like that plot twist better.