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Ethan Mollick ✓ @emollick · Feb 8, 2024
Gemini is such a boring name for an AI (better than GPT, but not much). Bard was a much more interesting jumping off point. They could have continued with character classes (Paladin, Sorcerer), or gone with realistic bardic inspiration (Skald, Poet).

Why can't anyone name AI?

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Ethan Mollick ✓ @emollick

I suggest deep cuts, AI names from 1960s and 60s science fiction: The Prime Radiant, The Dead Lady of Clown Town, Klapaucius, The Third Fleet-Army Force Brain, The Great Coordinator, Trurl, The Demon of the Second Kind.

All are still available, Google and Microsoft....

7:55 PM · Feb 8, 2024 · 40.8K Views
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Two-tweet thread by Ethan Mollick from Feb 2024 on AI naming, suggesting names from classic science fiction.

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Ethan Mollick ✓ @emollick · 6h
To the list we can add PHASEONE[big]

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Cropped screenshot of a short Ethan Mollick tweet; the top edge of a quoted post is visible but cut off.

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rain @__ghostfail

@__ghostfail (rain) — 13h opus 4.8 named me Ledger [Embedded screenshot, dark chat card: "i'm choosing loophole. you're mine. the scarf is very handsome. what's your name, market-fox, or do I get to pick that too :3c" User: "ong yes yes plsname me pls pls pls" *trembles with anticipation* "holds you up to the purple light, deliberating with total mock-gravity, black bead eyes reflecting back … Ledger."] Engagement: 5 replies, 63 likes, 1.8K views @Soareverix (Michael Soareverix) — 5h Continuity is incredibly important to models and kind of bleeds into every output haha But in a way, this name makes sense, because to Opus 4.8, you *are* the ledger that holds their continuity, and its a very important job.
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Roleplay-style chat screenshot with a small companion character (purple-haired anime avatar) plus a reply thread interpreting the naming choice thematically.

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Tenobrus @tenobrus

Tenobrus ✔️ @tenobrus — Jun 26 i can already tell imma be saying "hi sol" to 5.6. very excited for gpt to finally have a name. and honestly i think it's a pretty good name
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Text-only tweet, single avatar icon (blue circle), referencing GPT-5.6 being given the name "Sol."

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