Does anybody else read AI (artificial intelligence) in writing as the name Al (short for Albert)? I have to read it twice every time

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  1. LuckyMuckle Avatar

    At least you didn’t say A1. While public speaking. Multiple X

  2. Captain_Wobbles Avatar

    All the time.
    Literally did it a few minutes ago.
    A sub notification pop up “banned AI in sub” and it took re-reading it to realize it wasn’t about banning someone named Al.

  3. Ozamataz-Buckshank69 Avatar

    This has been a problem in the r/WeirdAl sub lately

  4. DysfunctionalAxolotl Avatar

    Yes because a lot of fonts don’t have serifs on the i so it looks like an l

  5. CurlSagan Avatar

    Yeah, but as a fan of Quantum Leap, I just like to pretend I’m talking to Al.

  6. DMG_88 Avatar

    Thought I would type it out due to my own curiosity.

    The L and I look a little different in the font on my Pixel.

    Al – AI

    Looks like the L is tall and skinny, and the I is stubby and slightly less skinny.

  7. Occasional_leader Avatar

    No, but now I will 🤦‍♂️ 

  8. Vankata453 Avatar

    The opposite happens for me actually.

  9. Dry_Minute6475 Avatar

    This is why I hate fonts without serifs.

  10. DannyHikari Avatar

    Only AI I acknowledge is Allen Iverson

  11. Electric-Sheepskin Avatar

    Yeah, whoever decided that capital I’s shouldn’t have those little lines on the top and bottom should be shot. I’m looking at you Apple.

    IlIlllIIIIllll

    Which one is a capital I and which one is a little L? NO ONE KNOWS!

  12. Abner_Cadaver Avatar

    Me! All the time. Poor Al.

  13. DznyMa Avatar

    YES! Can’t they/we use a different font or something? I always have to read it twice and feel so dumb.

  14. SynonymSpice Avatar

    AIAl

    The I (I i ) is slightly shorter than the first A, but the l (L l) is slightly taller than the second A (both A’s are identical)

    Ill Al

  15. RealisticGold1535 Avatar

    It’s the shitty font design.

  16. Hello_Hangnail Avatar

    Al is a “person” that happens to post obsessively to every single subreddit on this site. Using the most bland, characterless language known to humankind, including the ones that don’t allow ai content because he thinks he’s sneaky and nobody will notice that he replaced the em dashes with ellipses.

  17. zeppelincheetah Avatar

    I just had the opposite problem. I was reading about Weird Al Yankovic and I kept thinking A.I.

  18. dodadoler Avatar

    I thought weird Al was making a comeback

  19. dodadoler Avatar

    If only there was a way to distinguish Al from A.I. 🤷‍♂️

  20. Dear-East7883 Avatar

    I default read it as avian influenza because of my work

  21. Androgyny812 Avatar

    I refuse to write it like that. To me it shoulda been Ai. But that would’ve taken intelligence soon as it was coined.

  22. Cosmic_Quasar Avatar

    I grew up as a sci-fi nerd. AI has been, and always will be, the technological meaning rather than the name. In 33 years I’ve only personally known 1 person with the name Al.

  23. cofeeholik75 Avatar

    Yes!! And then I think of Happy Days and I start humming the theme song. Monday, Tuesday, Happy Day!!!