When your search engine is a trekkie

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Australis13@fedia.io · 24 pts · 90d (15 replies)

I just tested this and it actually works! Got a good chuckle out of that.

cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 90d (11 replies)

Same. Didn't do it for Worf, though.

CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 90d (10 replies)

No, only works for Martok apparently.

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 14 pts · 90d (9 replies)

I have definitely seen it work for spock and stargate

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Note: This Easter egg only seems to work on the normal DuckDuckGo, not https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 90d

LotR and SW, too

valar@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 90d (2 replies)

There are some others, like "Borg"

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/DuckDuckGo/Easter_Eggs

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 7 pts · 90d (1 reply)

A lot of fairly obscure references here. Like, no one knows who Krang is. It would be a waste of time to talk about Krang on television. No more Krang!

Repelle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 89d

Okay, Liz Lemon

CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 90d (1 reply)

Ah, that's nice, thank you.

I only tried Klingons, and only Martok seems to produce a klingon duck.

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 2 pts · 90d

That is quite an obscure choice. It is surprising that out of all Klingons, they chose to just make Martok...

Maven@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 89d (2 replies)

The reason it doesnt work on the no AI version of the site is that the logos are AI generated.

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 1 pts · 88d (1 reply)

Are they? They seem pretty consistent in a way you do not expect from AI.

And some design considerations do seem fairly human. They seem like an artist probably created a digital illustration of the standard duck mascot, then created a digital illustration of a pop culture character, overlayed the two illustrations, and selectively removed certain layers of each illustration in order to combine the two into one cohesive character.

I am by no means an expert at spotting AI, but I do not think an AI would place the mask under the duck bill like this. That seems do me like a rather human decision. But I may just be wrong about how AI works.

Maven@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 88d

I remember seeing a statement made by the CEO about it but for some reason I cant find the original statement anymore. I've only been able to find people talking about said statement.

Heres a link to the DDG subreddit discussing trying to replace the logos with hand made art instead: https://www.reddit.com/r/duckduckgo/comments/1poigga/request_completely_human_handdrawn_duckduckgo/

hOrni@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 90d (1 reply)

But doesn't seem to work on other characters.

ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 90d

Not even if they're from the same geostructure?

Digit@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 89d

:/ does not work here.

lostme@piefed.social · 4 pts · 90d

same thing happens when you look up hatsune miku, kasane teto, or the yellow one

hopesdead@startrek.website · 2 pts · 84d

How do I know this isn’t a changeling?

Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 89d

Weirdly looks more like Phlox