Give Me A Cartoon Image of....

Summary

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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: “Give Me A Cartoon Image of….”

Date: April 17, 2026

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Episode Overview

This fast-paced, wry episode centers on the bewildering world of artificial intelligence, the ever-stranger corners of internet culture, and a nostalgia-soaked reflection on the evolution of online innocence—or the lack thereof. Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty, and occasional contributors Katie and Michael riff on recent viral websites like “your AI slop bores me,” their surprising popularity, and the enduring hilarity and hazards of online communities. Sprinkled throughout are personal anecdotes, live banter, and classic Armstrong & Getty humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. AI Tools: Brilliance, Absurdity, and “Garbage In, Garbage Out”

• Jack’s Personal Story—Duck Identification with AI

  • Jack describes using ChatGPT/Claude to identify the age and flying capability of baby ducks in his pool.

    "He took a picture of the ducks next to the mama duck and gave it to ChatGPT or Claude... and it came back with, those are the specific kind of duck... how old they likely were and how many more days it would be before they could fly. Stunning. I mean, that, that sort of tool is just amazing." — Jack Armstrong (03:08)

• But AI Gets it Wrong—And Often

  • When Jack asked about a basketball score, AI insisted the game hadn’t happened, showing the tools can be both “brilliant” and “so incredibly, incredibly wrong.”

    "I honestly don't get how it can be so brilliant on some things and so incredibly, incredibly wrong about other things." — Jack Armstrong (03:36)

  • Joe notes the dangers of this:

    "Which is a scary part about AI, I guess." — Joe Getty (04:12)

  • Example: The old myth about birds rejecting chicks handled by humans—AI still spits out these “garbage” bits of wisdom.

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2. “Your AI Slop Bores Me”: The Human-AI Troll Web Phenomenon

• What is it?

  • A viral website where queries ostensibly for AI are answered by real humans under a tight time limit, producing intentionally awkward or funny results.

    "People put queries on it as if it's an AI chatbot. But instead of a chatbot answering, real humans answer them... there's a 75 second time limit." — Joe Getty (04:41)

  • The site is made by a 17-year-old in India and has exploded:

    "...more than 25 million unique visitors and nearly 280 million total hits." — Joe Getty (04:41)

• Favorite Examples and Commentary

  • Joe describes a hurried stick drawing of “a bat eating a strawberry” with the bat saying "yum"—“it's just terrible... but it is so funny.” (06:12)
  • Jack loves the “shotgun random answers” concept:

    "I like the idea of shooting off random answers really quick when people ask questions. I can do that all day long." — Jack Armstrong (06:36)

  • Hilarious Q&A sample: Someone asked "Where can I buy a pink pom pom?" and is told to just make it.

    "Tie them up in a certain way. Tada." — Joe Getty & Jack Armstrong (07:14)

• Imitation Sites & Online Humor

  • The group discusses a growing trend: people creating ChatGPT lookalikes that give “crappy” or obviously human answers, despite users’ insistence they’re real AIs.

    "People refuse to believe it when he tells them, but if it's shorter answers, he just cranks out some crap, some funny crap." — Joe Getty (07:20)

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3. The Perils of AI and Garbage Data

• Trolling’s Impact on Learning Models

  • Jack notes a real risk that persistent trolling will degrade AI outputs:

    "There is some concern in the real AI world of this really distorting AI over time to the point that it's practically useless." — Jack Armstrong (08:27)

  • "LLMs" (large language models) draw input from everywhere, increasing garbage risks:

    "AI doesn't get, you know, irony or jerking people around... that's why a lot of the stuff you get out of AI is wrong. And that could get worse over time as there are more trolls out there." — Jack Armstrong (08:27)

• Group Dives into the Site

  • Katie tests the slop site live:

    "I'm doing it right now. ...I'm not sure I understand this completely, but I will be playing with it because I like the troll aspect as well." — Katie (09:10, 09:30)

  • They laugh about the deliberately retro, early 2000s web design.

    "They went with the typeface of the early 2000s... a reminder of the days when the Internet was much more footloose and innocent and lively and friendly." — Joe Getty (09:55)

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4. The Fiction vs. Reality of Online “Innocence”

• Internet Nostalgia Debunked

  • Joe and Jack argue that the “innocence” of early internet days was mostly just naivete—we only thought it was safe:

    "When was the Internet innocent? I'd like to... I don't remember that period." — Jack Armstrong (10:11) "Innocence is a synonym for naivete." — Joe Getty (11:47)

• Personal Stories: Early Online Risks

  • Katie shares an AOL Instant Messenger story about the risks of chatting with strangers as a young teen (10:38).
  • Reflects on youthful ignorance:

    "A lot of the innocence of youth... is only because you were dumb. It wasn't any more innocent." — Jack Armstrong (11:20) "So some of the innocence of youth and walking around your neighborhood is because you were young and didn't know that there were bad people around..." — Jack Armstrong (11:39)

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5. Internet Relationships—From Chat Roulette to Marriage

• A Bizarre Love Story

  • Jack tells of a colleague who met his wife on Chat Roulette—despite the site's notorious reputation for explicit content.

    "He and his now wife met on chat roulette..." — Jack Armstrong (12:21) "Apparently got into enough of a conversation in the midst of pleasuring themselves... and they've been married for quite some time and seem very happy." — Jack Armstrong (12:46)

• Memorable Quote:

  "Love blooms in some interesting places, Jack, doesn't it?" — Joe Getty (13:05)

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Duck AI Brilliance:
  "He took a picture... and it came back with those are the specific kind of duck... how many more days before they could fly. Stunning." — Jack Armstrong (03:08)
• On AI’s Fallibility:
  "How can you be so wrong?" — Jack Armstrong (03:36)
• On Human-AI Slop Site:
  "People put queries on it as if it's an AI... Instead of a chatbot answering, real humans answer them..." — Joe Getty (04:41)
• On Early Internet “Innocence”:
  "When was the Internet innocent? I'd like to... I don't remember that period." — Jack Armstrong (10:11) "Innocence is a synonym for naivete." — Joe Getty (11:47)
• On Chat Roulette Romance:
  "He and his now wife met on chat roulette... they've been married for quite some time and seem very happy." — Jack Armstrong (12:46) "Love blooms in some interesting places, Jack, doesn't it?" — Joe Getty (13:05)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:19] Joe’s “cartoon image of Jack being torn apart by lions” AI joke and intro to AI topics
• [02:33–04:12] Jack’s duck story and AI’s mix of brilliance and nonsense
• [04:20–07:20] Discussion of “your AI slop bores me,” with examples and website background
• [08:27–09:55] Broader concerns about trolling and AI, Katie and Joe interact with the slop site
• [10:11–11:53] Reflecting on the “innocent” early internet and personal stories about early chatrooms
• [12:21–13:05] Chat Roulette relationship story

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Summary

With irreverent wit and classic chemistry, Armstrong & Getty dissect the widening gap between digital promise and human absurdity. Whether marveling at AI’s capabilities, lampooning its “slop” failings, or poking holes in the myth of the “good old days” online, the crew’s discussion is relatable, laugh-out-loud funny, and thought-provoking. Listeners are left with a mixture of nostalgia, skepticism, and a wry appreciation that, even in the age of AI, humanity’s quirks—for better or worse—remain undefeated.

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Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

for turns hey ChatGPT, give me a cartoon image in the style of Charles Schultz of Jack being torn apart by lions. One more thing, Armstrong and Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

One more thing before we get to whatever that is I mentioned on the radio show because we were fostering some baby ducks in our pool for the last day. Is that my son? Wisely because I asked him the question. I said because we're trying to figure out what to do with these baby ducks swimming around the pool and I didn't know if they were fine or I kind of assumed they were fine. Turns out I was way wrong. Thank God he looked into it more. But like, how old the ducks have to be before they can fly? And he got, he took a picture of the ducks next to the mama duck and gave it to chat GPT or Claude or somebody. An image.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like, how old are these ducks and could they fly? And it came back with, those are the specific kind of duck North American, blah, blah, blah. How old they likely were and how many more days it would be before they could fly. Stunning. I mean, that, that sort of tool is just amazing.

[Joe Getty]

Right, Right. But then it incorrectly told you that if you touch the mother will reject them, which is garbage in, garbage out. Conventional wisdom. Which turns out not to be accurate, apparently.

[Jack Armstrong]

True. The, that's like I, I, this happened yesterday. I, I had asked Claude, I think I said, how many points did Steph Curry have in that game? They won last night. The warriors won last night against the Clippers. And it came back and it said, the warriors did not play the Clippers last night. The season ends next week. Their current game. I was like, my response was, how can you be so wrong? Was how I responded to that. Because it's just like, I honestly don't get how it can be so brilliant on some things and so incredibly, incredibly wrong about other things.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is a scary part about AI, I guess.

[Joe Getty]

Before we get back into technology, more about birds. Hey, Michael, hit me with clip 25, would you?

[Jack Armstrong]

California's famous eaglets need names. Jackie and Shadow's eaglets are growing fast. Friends of Big Bear Valley, the group that runs those nest cams accepting ideas

[Joe Getty]

on their website, Big Bear third graders

[Jack Armstrong]

will then vote on the submissions.

[Joe Getty]

Beaky McBeak face. Clear, right? Yeah.

[Katie]

Beaky McBeak face and Eagle McEagle face.

[Jack Armstrong]

Handled. Handled.

[Joe Getty]

Eagle 1, Eagle 2. Yeah. So the reference to creating a picture of Jack being gored by lions was a reference to the website your AI slop bores me, which takes its name from a meme on social media used to create the never ending slop of AI generated content. Content. This is pretty amusing. It's only been around for a month. This website, its creators, a 17 year old high school recent grad in India, it's already received more than 25 million unique visitors and nearly 280 million total hits. The conceit of this site, your AI slopbores me or slopbores me is people put queries on it as if it's an AI chatbot. But instead of a chatbot answering, real humans answer Them which produces things like. Oh, and one of the rules is the site forces its human users to approximate the speed at which a machine would return a response. So there's a 75 second time limit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, you get a question and it's just a regular person, you got to answer it immediately. That's funny.

[Joe Getty]

You get 75 seconds to throw together your answer. For instance, this one said, hey, create. Where's the actual instruction? Create a drawing of a bat eating a strawberry. And so this woman who happens to be a graphic artist had to quick on her trackpad with one finger, sketch out a bat with big teeth, a really crappy looking strawberry that's not nearly round enough with a moon in the background because bats usually come out at night and the bat is saying, yum. It's just terrible. I wish you could see the picture. But it is so funny.

[Jack Armstrong]

I like the idea of shooting off random answers really quick when people ask questions. I can do that all day long.

[Joe Getty]

Oh yeah, like here's, here's one I really liked. Where can I buy a pink pom pom? And the answer is you shouldn't. I'm sorry, I'll get myself together. You shouldn't make it yourself. Buy your roll. Buy. Buy a roll of pink string. Roll them up in a certain way. Tie them, cut.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ta da.

[Joe Getty]

And of course the answers. This is brilliant advice that I will certainly follow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's funny.

[Joe Getty]

Tie them up in a certain way.

[Jack Armstrong]

Tada.

[Joe Getty]

Oh my God. And then they go into a couple of comedians and other wags who have set up like websites that are almost the same as the website for like chat GPT or whatever. And when people stumble on the website and make an inquiry, they give them crappy answers. Like they asked me to write an article on global climate change. I tried to tell them because this was too much. This isn't the real chat GPT. It's a joke. They wrote back and said, no, this is no joke. I really need an article. So this guy said, look, I'm too lazy to write an article. And they said, I need your help, please. And just went back and forth. People refuse to believe it when he tells them, but if it's shorter answers, he just cranks out some crap, some funny crap. And some people pick up on it and some don't. God, that would be funny to do if I had the time. Are you looking at it?

[Katie]

Yeah, I am right now. This is. Oh, it's got music to it. Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

I love the idea of this.

[Joe Getty]

Oh yeah, yeah. Yes. I'm over 13 agree to the code of conduct.

[Jack Armstrong]

There is some concern in the real AI world of this really distorting AI over time to the point that it's practically useless. Useless. Speaking of Beaky McBeak face. So many people jerking other people around on sites like this. AI doesn't get, you know, irony or jerking people around and, and you know, takes information from all kinds of sources. That's what an LLM is. And that's why a lot of the stuff you get out of AI is wrong. And that could get worse over time as there are more trolls out there.

[Joe Getty]

Have you tried it, Katie?

[Katie]

I'm doing it right now.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. I, I'm gonna try it and see if it works. I just asked it. Why is so much talk radio boring? Oh, now it's gotta ironically verify that I am a human.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Joe Getty]

That's the whole pretense of the site.

[Katie]

Yeah. It takes you through a whole, whole thing.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Katie]

I'm not sure I understand this completely, but I will be playing with it because I like the troll aspect as well.

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[Joe Getty]

Right. And people, I guess, are spending hours and hours messing around this with this and, and, and observing what other people are doing. I also appreciate the sense of humor.

[Katie]

Yeah. I also appreciate the fact that it looks like a website from like 2002. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Intentionally. Yeah. They went with the typeface of the early 2000s, which according to the journalist who takes everything way too serious seriously, is a reminder of the days when the Internet was much more footloose and innocent and lively and friendly.

[Jack Armstrong]

When, when was the Internet innocent? I'd like to, I don't remember that period. Must have been a long time ago.

[Joe Getty]

It wasn't nearly as evil. I mean, come on. Pre 4chan and, and right.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's always been some pretty awful things

[Joe Getty]

on Nick Fuentes and all. Yeah, true.

[Katie]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

People putting snuff films on the Internet from like the beginning.

[Katie]

Gosh. I, I remember getting into a huge argument with one of my friends back when AOL Instant messenger was around and because she would go on there and you could have chat rooms and you would go into the chat rooms and then you talk to people and then you could pick people and talk to them just separately and she would have full blown conversations with just these randoms and we're like, I don't know, 11.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Katie]

And you know, and coming from my background. Yeah. And with my background with my dad being a judge and bad guys everywhere and all that, I, I kept telling her, like, I'm not gonna be here while you're Doing this and giving out your phone number and stuff to the house.

[Jack Armstrong]

That. That is an interesting. I was thinking about this the other day. A lot of the innocent of innocence of youth or the innocence of the early days of anything is only because you were dumb. It wasn't any more innocent.

[Joe Getty]

You were just unaware, caught on to the evildoers that were lurking about.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. So some of the innocence of youth and walking around your neighborhood is because you were young and didn't know that there were bad people around or anything like that.

[Katie]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Innocence is a synonym for naivete.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, sure.

[Jack Armstrong]

And. And so that's. That'd be part of the. Looking back on the Internet back in the day when everybody was nice. Yeah. They were still people trying to figure out, you know, where. Where that little kid lives so they could go abduct them. You just. Nobody ever thought considered that at the time.

[Katie]

Everybody was nice.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, everybody was nice.

[Joe Getty]

Sure.

[Katie]

And. And then MySpace rolled out the top eight and made you pick your first eight favorite people. And then all hell started to break loose.

[Joe Getty]

The beginning of the end. Right, Right. You remember chat roulette? Those are.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. We worked with a guy, he and his now wife met on chat roulette.

[Joe Getty]

No way.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Unbelievable.

[Jack Armstrong]

Their story about that is something.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

They pleasured themselves where both of them were just flipping through channels, which is what a lot of chat roulette was.

[Joe Getty]

And they came across their junk, but. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And they came across each other and apparently got into enough of a conversation in the midst of pleasuring themselves. Yeah. Well, you always want to go to Europe. I've always wanted to go to Europe, you know, whatever the conversation ended up being. And they fell in love and figured out a way to talk to each other. And they've been married for quite some time and seemed very happy.

[Joe Getty]

Love blooms in some interesting places, Jack, doesn't it? I'm Joe. Getting.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, that's enough of that. Well, I guess that's it.

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