Have we all unanimously agreed throughout all industries that ✨ stands for AI? If we did when was the meeting, and why wasn’t I invited? Created with ✨
I used to use it to sarcastically denote something that’s actually bad, but make it seem cheerful, which I think is how many people used it. I hate that it now means AI.
Friend: *complains about something they find a little annoying, which is actually super minor and they know it*
Me: Have you considered ✨suicide✨?
(this was a friendship where we both had a really dark sense of humor, don’t suggest saying it to just anyone)
Not to chime in on your friendship, but sometimes those perpetuating negativities build a lasting impression that it’s the only lens to see the world in - when it shouldn’t be, even if both people are accustomed to the dark and sarcastic humor…
But yeah, I agree that’s the usage I’m most familiar with too, like a magical tone that makes difficult things very simple, sarcastically. I know someone closely who also just used to use it unironically because ‘it’s pretty’ and it had its own meaning. They also hate AI but I haven’t asked their thoughts on this hijacking.
I personally don’t hate it with a passion, but seeing it pop up everywhere from AI made software repos, to now just the mainstream icon for the “jump into my world now AI” button now has been from annoying to just surprising… It’s like the new version of the Notification or Email/New Message icons that we have seen adopted everywhere, but for AI.
Have we all unanimously agreed throughout all industries that ✨ stands for AI? If we did when was the meeting, and why wasn’t I invited?
Created with ✨
I used to use it to sarcastically denote something that’s actually bad, but make it seem cheerful, which I think is how many people used it. I hate that it now means AI.
Friend: *complains about something they find a little annoying, which is actually super minor and they know it*
Me: Have you considered ✨suicide✨?
(this was a friendship where we both had a really dark sense of humor, don’t suggest saying it to just anyone)
Not to chime in on your friendship, but sometimes those perpetuating negativities build a lasting impression that it’s the only lens to see the world in - when it shouldn’t be, even if both people are accustomed to the dark and sarcastic humor…
But yeah, I agree that’s the usage I’m most familiar with too, like a magical tone that makes difficult things very simple, sarcastically. I know someone closely who also just used to use it unironically because ‘it’s pretty’ and it had its own meaning. They also hate AI but I haven’t asked their thoughts on this hijacking.
I personally don’t hate it with a passion, but seeing it pop up everywhere from AI made software repos, to now just the mainstream icon for the “jump into my world now AI” button now has been from annoying to just surprising… It’s like the new version of the Notification or Email/New Message icons that we have seen adopted everywhere, but for AI.
I’m sure hundreds of hours of market research went into what symbol would best associate AI with ✨magic✨
Lol pretty sure Gemini started it