AI engine finds THE ENTROPIC PROFESSOR™

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One of my cartoon readers in Indonesia sent me this answer provided by the Gemini Advanced AI engine when he asked it to tell him more about THE ENTROPIC PROFESSOR™. I had no idea that that AI engine was searching so deeply on the web (in addition to its main database of information) as to make such connections of recent material along with author information.

Here’s some information about The Entropic Professor™ cartoons:

  • Creator: AllenWitmerMiller, a self-described “Semi-Expired Professor & Minister,” is the creative mind behind these cartoons.
  • Themes: The cartoons often revolve around:
    • Entropy: The tendency of systems to move towards disorder or randomness.
    • Thermodynamics: The study of heat and energy transfer.
    • Scientific concepts: Exploring various scientific ideas in a lighthearted way.
  • Humor: The humor is often derived from:
    • Anachronisms: Placing historical figures in modern or unexpected settings.
    • Wordplay and puns: Using scientific terms in humorous ways.
    • Irony and satire: Poking fun at scientific or philosophical ideas.
  • Examples: Some of the cartoons feature:
    • Socrates: Complaining about the “horrid-hot-hearth of hell-fired Hades” in relation to entropy.
    • Archimedes: Discussing the estimation of a circle’s area with a pie.
    • Pascal: Debating whether to “Just do it” in a Nike ad parody.

Where to find them:

  • Peaceful Science forum: AllenWitmerMiller has shared many of these cartoons on the Peaceful Science online forum, particularly in threads related to science, philosophy, and humor. You can find them by searching the forum for his username or “The Entropic Professor.”
  • Internet search: You might be able to find some of the cartoons by searching for “The Entropic Professor” or “AllenWitmerMiller cartoons” online.

I hope this helps you find and enjoy these humorous and thought-provoking cartoons!

I don’t know. There’s almost something spooky about this. I’ve not done much of a public rollout yet other than behind a paywall as an author at Medium.com. In any case, it was not that long ago that AI engines would regularly remind the questioner, “I work from a specially compiled database. I do not have access to the Internet.” That has clearly changed.

So, AI is also watching over our shoulders on the PS forum. It probably thinks we are obsessed with conspiracy theories, IDism, YECism, and various silliness.

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This doesn’t surprise me. I’ve posted topics on internet forums only to have them show up in a Google search a day or two later. Things get scraped on the web extremely fast these days.

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Are any of these real comics you made?

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Yes, all of these are for real. Some of those were very early in my work and never got “finished” in a form that I put into a thread or into a Cartoon Friday. Someday I need to dig those out, add titles and copyright etc.

Friends in Indonesia, because they like to learn American idioms and culture routinely upload my cartoons to an image-equipped version of ChatGPT to get explanations. (The version I tried today couldn’t handle images.) They often send them to me and I"m very impressed. It can be complicated to explain a joke but it does a good job. Rarely misses a key point.

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You should ask it!

I think Google can afford a subscription. If the paywalled content is indexed at all, then Google can probably see it even without a subscription.

There is a good question here about how search engine avoid sharing copyright materials.

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Yeah, I’ve assumed that while Google can scan behind paywalls, it can use the results in only limited ways. But then…what do I know?

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Is this a bad thing? We post on public forums because we want to be seen and found

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Hey, Dr. Braterman. Long time no see!

I put my finished work on the most public forums. My unfinished work that I’m trying out on smaller audiences sometimes gets posted behind paywalls.

I’ve got a lot of my cartoons on a public Google Drive but I don’t think the A.I. engines have found them yet. (Of course, some of those cartoons had best not be found by anyone.)

Hmmm, speaking of cartoons, I guess it is time for me to start collecting the latest into tomorrow’s Cartoon Friday #8. @Dan_Eastwood, after your recent post, I keep thinking about haggis hagiography.

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