A Necessary Debunk

 

I blog. I have been bloggin' for a long time. It was 2009 I came over to blogger. Before that, phpbb. Probably not much of that remains, it was the old internet after all, since the good old days before FakeBook. Even back then people were still using the phrase 'Global Village' to describe the internet. Somehow it became Troll City.  

One of my blog sites was for some awesome SecondLife sims which I discovered. I once had enough time to do a series of SL blogs, photographing the sims for posterity. SL sims don't usually last very long. One of those sims was a Furry sim. I never saw anyone else there, I don't hang out with Furries as far as I know and I have never been a Furry myself. There is a community of Furry's in SL which I have nothing to do with. Occasionally might cross paths with one of them in a public place, but rare. I liked the Furry sim because the architecture was interesting both in its design and in it aesthetic. 

It was one of dozens of blogs of SL sims I made. 

I was basically showcasing some of the 3D digital artists using SL because, with the sims so often being temporary, there isn't any proof they ever existed. Once they're gone they're gone for good. As an artist and art historian it is part of my duty to make some sort of an effort at recording the sort of art which is being made at this time in history. SecondLife art scene is quite big inworld and is virtually unheard of outside of it. 

For reasons known only to Google, its Gemini AI has decided to put my name as synonymous with Furry culture, all because of the one blog. As far as I am concerned, I do not have much pleasant to say about Google AI for it doing that. I've never been a Furry. I have no interest in it. I know it exists. There are so many things I am much more interested in. Furries is not even on the list of things I am interested in. I am more interested in how coloured chalk is made than I am in Furries. 

What this proves is how you can not trust Google AI because it lies. For the dozens of blogs I have made about SecondLife, for the dozens of blogs I have made about Tabletop RolePlaying Games, for the dozens of blogs I have made about music and art, for the hundreds of blogs I have made about psychology and sociology; to label me by one thing which I made one blog about, especially when its something I don't much care about, seems ridiculous and misinformative. I do find that offensive. 

Should I delete the furry blog? It's tempting to do that, just to get Google AI off my back. 

Thank you for reading this attempt to set the public record straight about something which has annoyed me.