A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence tells us about branding in tech.

So, which butthole did you pull your code, copy, or image from today? 🙂

I can’t stop laughing.

No single person suggests making a logo that resembles an anus, but when everyone’s feedback gets incorporated, that’s what often emerges.

  • 1990s-2000s: 3D and Glossy - Remember when every logo needed a drop shadow and a glassy shine? Apple’s aqua interface set the standard.
  • 2010-2013: Skeuomorphism - Digital designs mimicking physical objects, with stitched leather textures and realistic dials.
  • 2013-2018: Flat Design - Reaction to skeuomorphism brought minimal, clean interfaces with bright colors and no shadows.
  • 2018-2022: Neomorphism - Soft shadows and semi-flat design creating subtle, “touchable” interfaces.
  • 2022-Present: The Butthole Era

Somehow Walmart is leading innovation, launching a butthole logo in '07. Truly ahead of their time.

@meyotch@slrpnk.net
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13•16d

I give this post 3.5 buttholes.

@millie@beehaw.org
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10•16d

That’s what I was thinking. Maybe they’re just Community fans.

… Should we be pinching our nipples at their AI?

ElectricMachman
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1•15d

I hope this doesn’t awaken anything in me.

A company’s logo should be evocative of their strengths. So suggesting they, principally, shit all over everything is apt.

Endmaker
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@hbar@lemmy.ml
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28•16d

e pluribus anus

Admiral Patrick
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23•16d

This is one of the rare cases where reading the article would probably ruin a perfectly good headline. lol

I thought so too, but the article really delivered. I didn’t know I was living in The Butthole Era. I suspected it, but I didn’t know it.

Admiral Patrick
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7•16d

Even before I saw another user pull out some hilarious excerpts, I was gonna read it later Now I’m definitely going to.

@zqwzzle@lemmy.ca
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25•16d

You’re missing out.

@rysiek@szmer.info
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9•16d

I just find it remarkable that not only the shape of Claude’s logo is what it is, they also went with that particular color for it. Chef’s kiss.

It’s a good article too :)

You either die a startup, or live long enough to see yourself become the butthole.

@tychosmoose@lemm.ee
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2•16d

today we are all buttholes

Onno (VK6FLAB)
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15•16d

Because the only thing coming out of them is shit?

katy ✨
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9•15d

because ai is the modern equivalent of goatse

The dark-mode switch at the top of the article:

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I’m surprised they didn’t mention the Izze logo:

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Only one of those looks like any butthole I’ve ever seen. Now I wanna see the buttholes whoever wrote this has seen.

The guy who wrote the article watches too much porn. The more you watch and see and experience something, the more you will see it everywhere.

Because AI is going to fuck us in the ass with no protection.

They all wish they were as clever, funny, and efficient as GLaDOS

Maybe they’re all designed by Pootie Shoe

@haggyg@feddit.uk
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I think he just goes by Pootie now

@Diddlydee@feddit.uk
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6•16d

Except only one does here.

You need to broaden your horizons. There’s more to life than cute Hentai buttholes.

Althought, I guess I can see not wanting to acknowlege prolapse and so many other horrors some of these represent.

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