This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
AI Puzzle
Dec
5
2025
At a store this fall, the younger two boys and I were given free reign to wander while Some Wife did her shopping. We ended up finding some puzzles and the Delta engaged in his favorite pasttime of finding things that are AI-generated.
We decided this puzzle was the winner, in terms of most AI content. I suppose “loser” would be a better term than “winner”, given the goal in our lives is to avoid AI stuff.
It’s hard to see the details in that photo, so I’ve zoomed in for some of the best/worst parts of it.
Example 1: The Trapped Present
Good luck getting whatever is inside this present out. You’ll have to destroy the box, probably.
Example 2: New Species of Rabbit
They took the facial features of the deer and applied them to the rabbit. What species of rabbit has a long snout and black nose?
Plus the snowman has a hat that is both top hat and Santa hat together.
Example 3: Santa Smoking a Cookie
Really, who holds a cookie like that? Unless it’s a middle-schooler trying to be funny. And why is the glass of milk steaming?
Example 4: Earthworm Canes
Those things are supposed to be candy canes but they are shaped more like earthworms.
And a couple of those cookies are vaguely tree-shaped, so that’s good. But the others are random shapes with no relation to Christmas, or any other valid shape.
We did not buy that puzzle, but it gave us a lot of amusement looking at it.
For the household idols speak deception,
And the diviners see an illusion
And tell deceitful dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep,
They are wretched because there is no shepherd.
Zechariah 10:2
