Are they? They seem pretty consistent in a way you do not expect from AI.
And some design considerations do seem fairly human. They seem like an artist probably created a digital illustration of the standard duck mascot, then created a digital illustration of a pop culture character, overlayed the two illustrations, and selectively removed certain layers of each illustration in order to combine the two into one cohesive character.
I am by no means an expert at spotting AI, but I do not think an AI would place the mask under the duck bill like this. That seems do me like a rather human decision. But I may just be wrong about how AI works.
I remember seeing a statement made by the CEO about it but for some reason I cant find the original statement anymore. I’ve only been able to find people talking about said statement.
A lot of fairly obscure references here. Like, no one knows who Krang is. It would be a waste of time to talk about Krang on television. No more Krang!
I have definitely seen it work for
spockandstargateNote: This Easter egg only seems to work on the normal DuckDuckGo, not https://noai.duckduckgo.com/
The reason it doesnt work on the no AI version of the site is that the logos are AI generated.
Are they? They seem pretty consistent in a way you do not expect from AI.
And some design considerations do seem fairly human. They seem like an artist probably created a digital illustration of the standard duck mascot, then created a digital illustration of a pop culture character, overlayed the two illustrations, and selectively removed certain layers of each illustration in order to combine the two into one cohesive character.
I am by no means an expert at spotting AI, but I do not think an AI would place the mask under the duck bill like this. That seems do me like a rather human decision. But I may just be wrong about how AI works.
I remember seeing a statement made by the CEO about it but for some reason I cant find the original statement anymore. I’ve only been able to find people talking about said statement.
Heres a link to the DDG subreddit discussing trying to replace the logos with hand made art instead: https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/1poigga/request_completely_human_handdrawn_duckduckgo/
LotR and SW, too
There are some others, like “Borg”
https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/DuckDuckGo/Easter_Eggs
A lot of fairly obscure references here. Like, no one knows who Krang is. It would be a waste of time to talk about Krang on television. No more Krang!
Okay, Liz Lemon
Ah, that’s nice, thank you.
I only tried Klingons, and only Martok seems to produce a klingon duck.
That is quite an obscure choice. It is surprising that out of all Klingons, they chose to just make Martok…