Effin' Birds3d ago

I need your motherfucking votes: https://effinbirds.com/post/812624726103130112

What’s up, bird friends? Your pal Effin’ Birds has been nominated for another Webby Award, this time in the Animal category, so I’m facing off against a century old publishing giant and a fuckin’ television network.You can help some jackass who makes bird comics for a living defeat those impossibly large competitors by clicking here and voting for me. Let’s make this more like the time I beat Jimmy Fallon and les...

I need your motherfucking votes

What's up, bird friends? Your pal Effin’ Birds has been nominated for another Webby Award, this time in the Animal category, so I'm facing off against a century old publishing giant and a fuckin'...

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Show threadAnarchic Teapot ⚧️3d ago

@effinbirds Yours also appears to be one of the few real websites in the competetion. I mean, who the fuck looked at this and thought "Yup, that's 100% legit"?

#AIBollocks

Show threadKing of Tors3d ago
@anarchic_teapot @effinbirds must've been AI that looked at that and, well, didn't think because sand doesn't actually think
Show threadEffin' Birds1d ago
@kingtor @anarchic_teapot no, it looks like an automated translation of their website gone wrong. https://anxoma.com/monstruos-reales
Anxo Ma - Los Fabulosos y Terribles Monstruos Reales

I led the complete visual identity redesign for the Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos (IPP), a research institute within the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). 

Show threadAnarchic Teapot ⚧️1d ago

@effinbirds As a former professional translator, don't get me started on cheapskate halfwit managers* and really fucking bad translations. @kingtor

* Yes, I know, tautology

Show threadEffin' Birds1d ago

@anarchic_teapot @kingtor the site doesn't have an English version. It looks like the screenshot was made by someone using a browser translation plugin. Anyways, I assure you that it is not AI.

https://www.prodigiosovolcan.com/pv/monstruos/

Los fabulosos y terribles monstruos reales | Atolónica y Prodigioso Volcán

La relación verdadera e ilustrada del bestiario de Mario Tascón y Raúl Arias. Una colección de monstruos reales que acechan a la humanidad desde el origen de los tiempos.

Show threadAnarchic Teapot ⚧️1d ago
@effinbirds "a browser translation plugin" *is* AI. What I have to say about all this wouldn't fit on a T-shirt and would probably get me arrested for blasphemy in several countries. @kingtor
Show threadKing of Tors

@anarchic_teapot I think is responding to my assertion that the screening process is AI. I didn't even consider bad AI* translation.

* yes, another tautology, I know

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Show threadEffin' Birds1d ago
@kingtor @anarchic_teapot the screening process is also not AI — I'm on the judging body, for categories unrelated to my own, and have done early round screenings.