Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for May 20, 2023

AI would be an improvement over many of the “pundits”

Well, give AI credit here for not going to the old-fashioned hand-drawn animator approach of drawing three fingers per hand to save on the work.

It’s already been tried. Check out the last week of ‘The New Adventures of Queen Victoria’.

Intelligence, whether human, or artificial, is totally absent when it comes to those whose life revolves around sports.

Don’t jinx it, Tank.

Now he’ll be able to count a football team!

AI + analytics = video game with real characters

Looks like something Allen Iverson would draw.

AI replacing players? No, but robots are getting quite nimble.

Scary Tank in that last one :0

An AI robot batting using its processing power to calculate velocity, direction, and spin of a pitched ball, against an AI robot pitcher capable of controlling velocity, direction, and spin, throwing a programmable AI baseball. One strike and you’re out; one ball and you get a walk; pretty sure there would not be foul balls.

AI could never be as entertaining as Stephen A

I don’t think Stephen Pastis has to worry. No AI would want to stoop to that low a level of punning.

From Bard:

“Is there an AI for creating comic strips?”

“Yes, there are a few AIs that can be used to create comic strips. Some of the most popular AIs for comic strip creation include:

DALL-E 2: DALL-E 2 is a large language model (LLM) from OpenAI that can generate realistic images from text descriptions. This makes it a powerful tool for creating comic strips, as you can simply describe the scene you want to create and DALL-E 2 will generate the images for you.Midjourney: Midjourney is another LLM from OpenAI that is similar to DALL-E 2. However, Midjourney is specifically designed to create art, making it a good choice for creating comic strips with a more artistic style.Hugging Face’s Bard: Hugging Face’s Bard is a large language model that can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. Bard can be used to create comic strips by generating the dialogue and captions for the images.In addition to these AIs, there are also a number of other AI tools that can be used to create comic strips. These tools include:

Comic Strip Generator: Comic Strip Generator is a web-based tool that allows you to create comic strips using pre-made characters and backgrounds.Make Beliefs Comix: Make Beliefs Comix is another web-based tool that allows you to create comic strips. However, Make Beliefs Comix is more customizable than Comic Strip Generator, as you can create your own characters and backgrounds.These are just a few of the AIs and tools that can be used to create comic strips. With the help of these tools, anyone can create their own comic strips, regardless of their artistic abilities.”

Looks like it has a finger in everything.