How AI Stole the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Emoji

Lately, I’ve noticed companies smashing ✨ onto every new feature they claim is “AI-powered”.
This annoys me, because the ✨ emoji is my favorite emoji, and I don’t want my use for it to go away.
I set out to find out why this is happening, and wound up on the other side of the planet.
✨Enjoy✨
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[@DavidImel]

Corrections after the fact (because I sometimes get a couple things wrong): 1: The 'moji' in Emoji means 'Character', not emotion. So it's e (picture) moji (character). That one got a bit lost in translation. 2: The binary '3' I accidentally listed as '7' (000111) - it should be (000011). 3: The Western Armenian letter Գ is U+0533. I accidentally animated U+0553 Will keep this updated if I find any other errors. Thanks for watching!

[@katakana1]

Also, "Mojibake" is completely Japanese and so the Japanese "bake" (transformation) is not pronounced like English "bake", neat as that coincidence is.

[@kuzeyrl]

cool

[@chillinJohnny]

these posts were from millennials not form gen-z "💠keeping young spirit💠" is unambiguous if you write: ✨feeling old✨ 😊😊😊

[@koharathecat]

A major error is that the emoji set shown at the Museum of Modern Art isn't the earliest known emoji set. That was actually Docomo's 2006 emoji set, an updated form of their original black and white set from 1999. SoftBank's first emoji set predated Docomo's by 2 years, releasing in 1997 on the SkyWalker service for the DP-211SW phone. Still a good video, though.

[@voidwyrm6149]

💠 was originally a stylized flower (and used to be pink) before being reinterpreted as some sort of blue crystal

[@QwertyIsWeird]

"Desperate, and in need of answers, I booked a flight to Japan."

[@saharaUA]

😂🛫✨

[@ngwoo]

Japanese customs form for Americans: Business Pleasure Desperate and in need of answers✅

[@Kat21]

nick robinson style

[@Veilure]

me when desperate for some sort of resolution

[@OrlandoMGarcia]

That refenrence

[@barathganeshkumar8651]

Bro did more research to find the origins of ✨, than what I did for my dissertation

[@LSambo02]

✨

[@dev_mind]

He just used an Emojipedia blog post from October 2021.

[@caam0000]

​@@dev_mind And an interview, with the creator of the emoji. That is some next level amount of research.

[@pressspacetostop]

bro didnt even find which company used it first

[@baitposter]

​@@pressspacetostop Obviously the company that created it first

[@joaocatini2674]

not only AI have stolen the sparkles emoji, they've also stolen the gradient colored words 💀

[@skoovee]

i think gradient words had been a thing for a short time before the ai boom and had just been adopted into mainstream design as the ai boom happened

[@funkytime69]

​@@skooveethey have existed for longer than most skibidi toilet watchers have been alive

[@jademonass2954]

the what

[@TheOne_6]

@@funkytime69 so we know it's been here longer than 5 years

[@skoovee]

@@jademonass2954 words, mostly headings that have a gradient on them, though i put them on my bold text alot because it makes them stand out :3

[@yroven4052]

💠 was originally supposed to be a flower but due to people copying it and making new version without knowing what it was supposed to be it, it turned into what it is today

[@Vysair]

but what is it now?

[@warriorcatkitty]

so.... what is it

[@Akab]

​@@warriorcatkitty the most logical and normal thing of course: A literal space magic crystal infused with the power of the ice element 😌

[@warriorcatkitty]

@@Akab I- fair enough xD

[@gnoot50]

@@Akabi thought it was just a weird flower shaped blue shiny diamond

[@malikscylore]

A 28 minute video about sparkles? Yes. Great f-ing cinematography.

[@cosmopolitanape6969]

Me watching it at 3 AM for absolutely no reason

[@Aliumly]

absolute mad lad honestly! AND it’s well made! but to be fair… most video essay creators make insane video ideas 😭

[@koisose0]

Not surprised when you know hes mkbhd friend lol

[@sexygirlmax2019]

i love watching youtube documentaries from people i have never watched before

[@anima7or]

OFC M8

[@ehmzed]

✨ = magic and ethereal Throughout this video everyone brushed off the sparkles' meaning of "magic" as something unimportant, but I think that's actually all there is to it. AI features are smart, automatic and effortless, and feel like magic. That's clearly what these tech companies are communicating. That's the meaning of sparkles in the context of AI. "Why do we connect sparkles to magic?" would've been a more useful question to find the answer to. The fact that you and the other Western interviewees saw it as an obvious connection and didn't bother dwelling on it, proves exactly what you described: different societies might have symbols so ingrained in their culture that they won't even question them.

[@dhbroad]

Seconded!

[@marciolabio]

Totally agree, and I'd add that sparkles are associated with a "positive" or fairy type of magic, which is partly the reason why companies decided to brand their AI products with it.

[@PSCHC_YT]

That's it!

[@qwerty11111122]

My mental image of the sparkles emoji is taking a handful of glitter out of my pockets and throwing it* in the air with a ta-da*!! I feel edged that he went as far as to interview a man in Japan and not the history of its use in dazzling*. *cultural symbols that wouldve been cool to explore

[@paulbille]

🪄

[@isvvc_]

I use this emoji to sprinkle in a little extra ✨gay✨

[@cewla3348]

that little bit of ✨queer magic✨ if you will

[@redfromberk]

this

[@dianamiller3307]

Shouldn't that be 🌈 ?

[@ihatesponsorships]

@@dianamiller3307 why not be ✨🌈both🌈✨?

[@tenshi_amachi]

✨Fruity✨

[@usedtobekrampus]

when someone says that☠is the skull emoji:💀

[@krautnapped]

Considering that AI steals things and presents it in a new way, the ✨ is the perfect logo/symbol.

[@J-wm4ss]

I was gonna say, it’s easy to identify ai generated tweets because they have two emojis at the end, usually ✨and another one. I thought this video would be about that.

[@rita.sotero]

This comment made spit the tea I was drinking

[@waltercapa5265]

Wouldn't the same happen with any emoji? Besides, that star is older than the emoji itself.

[@therealzahyra]

Steals??? 😂😂😂😂

[@cerulity32k]

REAL

[@cogspace]

Correction: "Moji" doesn't mean "emotion." It means "character." "Emoji" means "picture character." The fact that it sounds similar to "emotion" and "emoticon" is a total coincidence

[@DavidImel]

Gotcha. This is what my translator told me during my conversation with Mr. Kurita so she might have gotten a bit lost in translation

[@GaviLazan]

Hilarious that it happened in Japan 😋

[@zo_ren]

im here to say this!

[@aggressive_pizza1279]

I was gonna say this too but then I saw this comment!

[@TokyoXtreme]

I wouldn't say it was "total coincidence", since there have been several katakana words based off of the popular word "emotion". It's likely that "emoji" was chosen because of its resemblance to "emotion".

[@ckannan90]

When you said “go ask the guy who made emoji” I was not ready for the next shot

[@gododoof]

Japanese influence on iconography around the world goes way deeper than just emojis. You should look into the old Tokyo Olympics and how they way they implemented pictograms on their signs popularized the practice globally.

[@Stonehawk]

I didn't even notice this before. I still used ✨ for basically glitter on an emphatic statement...

[@DavidImel]

✨ DIGITAL GLITTER ✨

[@Stonehawk]

Also, things that are brand new glitter and sparkle. So... Applying lots of flashy sparkling glitter to something OBVIOUSLY SAD AND DISTRESSING, is itself an act of sarcasm. The ✨ doesn't itself mean sarcasm; the contrast between it and what it's attached to is what conveys sarcasm. Similar to "Whee. I'm so happy I could vomit. I'm having such a wonderful time I might just shoot myself." Contrasts. See? "I feel like ✨ G A R B A G E ✨" is saying something negative in a saccharine tone. So... A tone modifier.

[@KimTheSoCalledNerd]

@@Stonehawkalready done that before ^^

[@Vysair]

I use it depending on context, it's quite versatile

[@MishaGold]

✨️ was my favorite emoji back in 2015-2016. Was kinda jealous of seeing it going that popular years later.

[@Bepetoni]

Think of yourself as the trendsetter, people love your style, they're just very slow about it.

[@toad3877]

yeah there's something a little curious in the way we invest heart, appreciation in digital gestures and memes like this

[@brendolbreadwar2671]

Pretty fair to say that shininess is compared to new things that are neat and clean. Using sparkles def represents cutting edge things that are handled with care.

[@mark1282]

It's a rare skill to make a 30 minute video about unicode really interesting and engaging. Really enjoyed watching this.

[@lav-kitty]

you got a skill issue if you're not normally interested in unicodes like that

[@typologiez]

unicode is wonderfully interesting dont slander it😔

[@coreblaster6809]

I've watched a few different 30 minute videos about unicode in my life They were all interesting and engaging

[@BounceIO]

As a UX designer whenever I’m implementing AI features you use the ✨ in order to create the impression of magic pretty much or that this is a magical feature because a lot of times you can’t really explain what the feature does until the user tries it so it’s to give the impression that it’s an automated process of some kind that the user could interpret as magic not in the fantastical sense, but in the sense of convenience or newness.

[@mitch_tmv]

That's a really interesting insight, thanks for sharing!

[@whatsanimesh]

I'm really surprised he missed out on that. That's the first thing that comes to my mind. Magic and a feeling of wonder.

[@Amythiz]

Yes, features that automatically (“magically”) do something cool for you are always associated with magic, magic wand symbol in Photoshop for example. But ✨ are better for AI because it combines magic with new “shiny” tech. And it’s good for UI design because it’s simple and recognisable symbol even if it’s small and doesn’t have a color

[@Rayuaz]

I'm pretty suree it's derived from the wand emoji (🪄), which also has sparkles, but has too much details to read well as an icon, so we abstracted it to just the sparkles, which is a lot simpler, and makes for a better icon ✨.

[@grandsome1]

Maybe, subconsciously you're doing a calque from the magic wand selection button from your image manipulation program. That's my theory why every designer landed on magic dust=automation.

[@dutchthenightmonkey3457]

Sparkles was always put around stuff like ✨gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss✨

[@hagangray8006]

On a bit of a side rant, I really agree with you being annoyed by all the new “AI” features. Literally “AI” is popping up in like every software. But half the time, it’s just fancy algorithms or something that we’ve had for years!! Would you consider Netflix “for you” AI? No! Gah it infuriates me.

[@hagangray8006]

But also, ✨

[@sanscipher9166]

Yes, I would

[@pvanukoff]

An "algorithm" is "AI" if it's run by a computer. We've been using the term for decades. For example, think about video games, ever since we had CPU-controlled enemies in video games, we would refer to the algorithm as "enemy AI". Is the term overused? Sure, but that's marketing for you. At the end of the day though, if a non-biological thing (something artificial) does something mimicking intelligence (whether that's a basic enemy logic in a video game, or today's art/music generators and chatbots) the term is being used correctly.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

@@pvanukoff It meant something different in the video game context.

[@pvanukoff]

​@@thewhitefalcon8539 I'm aware. But my point is that the term "AI" is a generalized term that can mean a lot of things. But people are always looking for reasons to get their feathers ruffled.

[@Randrewwwww]

Great video!!! Couple things I want to add as a Japanese. - Moji-bakè comprises of letter (文字-moji) and transformation (with a connotation of being drastic) (化け-bakè) - emoji (絵文字）is combination of picture (絵） and letter (文字), not emotion I also want to add that imo reason why emoji took off in Japan is because our language has kanji - type of letters that by itself has some meaning unlike English alphabet. The concept of having a meaning in one symbol was already a familiar idea for us, so that “iconisation” took place in Japan as it did.

[@RobbieEl]

Emoticons predate Emoji. So that nonsense about alphabets makes no sense.

[@tsunghan_yu]

@@RobbieEl An emoticon uses multiple characters. An emoji is ONE character.

[@LambentLight00]

Tysm for sharing!!!

[@thecontentcreator2513]

こにちわ I'm Japanese-Russian & I 100% agree with you. We have 雨 (Ame)which means rain & just by looking at the Kanji we can tell that it looks like a rain cloud and turns out it is the Kanji for rain and you don't even have to be Japanese to understand that the Kanji 雨(Ame) looks like a rain cloud ありがとございます。

[@JoshuaChang]

I’ll never look at sparkles the same way. ✨Thank you✨

[@vacafuega]

Having read a lot of anime, the correlation i see between uses of the sparkles is wonder, in the sense of amazement, enchantment. What shines to you.

[@frank6048]

I just spent 30 minutes on a video explaining something I already knew Sparks - > Magic - > AI is like magic - > AI Then sparkles emoji means AI. I guess this tells you a good video doesn't even need to give you new information to be engaging, it's an art in which you can make even the most mundane of topics attractive, just like photography.

[@DavidImel]

I think it’s more that, I can tell you something you already feel in your gut, but digging into WHY that is is a whole journey in itself that can break open a lot of new interesting separate ideas along the way.

[@TheFeralFarmgirl]

I was thinking they were using the sparkle emoji as an updated version of the starburst for AI. In the past, when something was new or improved, they would put a starburst with "NEW!" encased within the starburst. AI is new, and innovated technology.

[@YouTubeLiaison]

✨ for whatever part I played in this, you have my profound remorse ✨

[@BobMinecraft]

✨Bring back the dislike button ✨

[@kittyt.s.p]

✨ disable the like button as well ✨

[@Paddylol]

✨Bring back community subtitles (fully)✨

[@CardboardBox8]

Is that…? No way.

[@abai7133]

Enable auto captioning automatically. Hate having to comment “Caption your videos” on every video to prove ✨I exist✨

[@vanci3449]

Maybe cuz it means magic, simplification of something really complex or something. And the positive, convenient feel of it ✨

[@vanci3449]

Convenient when not hallucinating asfuuuk

[@mathiasreitan8621]

Can we take a minute to appreciate how well researched this video is, mostly containing primary sources and highlighting different perspectives of the matter? It's done better than many of the mainstream newspapers nowdays

[@ValaSelene]

You've covered a lot of good angles. One that I'm aware of that I didn't see you touch on is programming related (and therefore perhaps relevant to AI): several years back (at least as early as 2019, probably earlier) what is now referred to as Gitmoji started being used. It's not super prevalent, but definitely recognised in the industry and basically what it is is using emoji as part of your commit message (the message describing what you've done) to indicate the type of change you made. Examples include 🐞 for fixing a bug and... ✨ for adding a new feature.

[@brandonylee]

I'm so happy you finished this AND you shot it anamorphic ✨

[@ceomg]

I’d rather ai be represented by sparkles than the robot emoji

[@TokyoXtreme]

How about 🎛️

[@kipkipful]

🪄

[@LinkRammer]

🫎

[@usernametaken017]

I'd rather not. It hides the face of the beast

[@Cottor_OwO]

🎰

[@justanotherdudebeinadude]

You should be SO much more popular, like at least around 300k subscribers. The editing in this video is great, and the story telling is also great.

[@kevin.malone]

I love how happy he was hearing about how Americans make use of his sparkle emoji, and how a part of his creation was being used creatively in a different culture. He seems like he really cared about his contributions and must have put his heart and soul into it.

[@Saidul0_0]

Half an hour video on ✨ hell yaa Waveform listeners would know how long this project was in the making. Thank you David ✨

[@2phonesbabyken]

Bro really pulled a Nick Robinson

[@dweeep03]

Yeah this really is something that Nick would make a video on

[@neolordie]

​@@dweeep03finding an excuse to go to japan too lol

[@vDuzz]

Broooo that has several different meanings 😬

[@fartnutte1724]

I can't believe how fast everyone forgot abt all his sexual harassment allegations ​@@vDuzz

[@Akira-Aerins]

who

[@PlayerGonnaPlay]

Really cool video, was defenetly not expecting to see you go to Japan talk to the actual creator of emojis during it, haha. But funny thing, I'm from Brazil and here that 💠 emoji you kept showing towards the end of the video is curently used to represent pix, which is like PayPal or venmo for you US guys (but is instant and implemented in all banking institutions/apps). So we open our bank app and there it is the 💠 emoji. Because of that, when you showed it and was like "what does that even mean?" I was like "Oh yeah, Pix!" Hahahaha

[@SundiMyint]

I have been giving a “History of Emojis” talk for the better part of a decade at various conferences and I’ve been starving for new emoji content to add to my talk. Thank you David!!!!

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I accidentally found David's channel. I thought I recognized the voice. He's my favorite character from that tech podcast.

[@purplegill10]

which one?

[@tsunghan_yu]

@@purplegill10 Waveform. He's from MKBHD

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Videos may be few and far between, but the quality and depth is amazing. Fantastic video, dude!

[@Amonimus]

The amount of effort to answer one question is impressive

[@PixelArtPancakes]

GET THIS MAN A NETFLIX SHOW/DOCUMENTARY

[@kindofanmol]

0:58 Love how David is using an extension that reverts back to the Twitter bird logo

[@TusharJain007]

What extension?

[@realneonbluegamer]

don't gatekeep 👀

[@kindofanmol]

@@TusharJain007 Control Panel for Twitter

[@kindofanmol]

@@realneonbluegamer Haha its called Control Panel for Twitter on the Chrome store

[@DavidImel]

I actually just photoshopped the whole timeline 😅

[@paulwaisukirawa1103]

✨Why do I feel compelled to keep watching… like it’s a lecture with exams at the end of the class! 💀😂 ✨

[@CallMeVidd]

Just shows you can make anything compelling when you’re good at presenting it

[@Dhruv-_-0.]

3 minutes into the video, Love the aspect ratio, the colour coding and mann the sound design!! Oof. Great job mate!✨️

[@MicahUhl]

Bro did a video essay, documentary, and traveled the world for one video. This is truly amazing. You gained a sub.

[@baryonyx_]

I remember asking Gemini why its logo is a star/sparkle, It didn't give me an exact answer but said it represented innovation, intelligence, and creativity. Also, this video is QUALITY! It's like it doesn't belong on KZbin.

[@xansurnamehere]

I disagree. This is great for watching on KZbin!

[@louzo5175]

ha ha. "creativity"

[@NateLevin]

Great video! So cool that you interviewed the actual original inventor of emoji!

[@F0RLORN]

this guy underrated af. Didnt think id be watching a guy talk about ✨for half an hour but i just did

[@lollovec]

I still have them as fireworks.

[@Blaineworld]

sparkle emoji will always mean ✨slay✨ to me

[@iskrassupercoolchannel]

Same

[@miz5101]

Would never have imagined Dave's mentioning of travelling to Japan & Niconico were foreshadowing this lol. Seriously Nicovideo's danmaku 弾幕 should be more widely adopted, had so much memories in that hell of a corner of the internet. Great video as always.

[@Mehedi0fficial]

Bro came out of a two-year hibernation due to a f*king sparkle emoji and vsaucing for 28 minutes. Huge respect.

[@DryIsCool]

Dam this felt like a movie

[@shahezahmed9960]

A video after 2 years

[@saksham01]

Holy shit it's been 2 years????? Time fucking flies

[@Breadbrowser]

Dang

[@Idrisg]

And it's good

[@teamok1025]

Wowie

[@RobertHighwind]

30 minute deep dives into sparkle emojis is ✨exactly✨ why I'm subscribed, lol. Shoutout to that nice little Armenia rep! ❤

[@vipulgoyal483]

love seeing such a specific video about ✨nothing but everything ✨

[@leesouthcott8184]

Criminally underrated channel; beautiful cinematography, and quality research. All the best on your video creating endeavours! ✨✨✨

[@toxie_]

I aspire to make video essays with specific-yet-intriguing topics and tight editing/production such as yours. Thanks for the great vid!!

[@plighting_engineerd]

Amazing video. I can't believe how much research was behind this and all the interviews and context: somehow you talked to the emoji kitchen maker, the owner of emojipedia, and the literal inventor of the emoji... wow.

[@jademonass2954]

for me, the sparkle emoji is only used to try to polish something ✨Trash ✨ by putting it around the work

[@aienthusiast618]

i think one of the big reasons its used for ai is because its one color, and a very basic, simple emoji which is great for simple, corporate logos especially when the subject is ai and futuristic

[@derleolegal]

This video is awesome! I haven't seen such a cool video in a long time. You flew to Japan just because of the interview and entered the museum to explain things furthermore. I love it!!

[@ack_]

This video is fantastic under so many aspects: the camera angles, the colors, narration, delivery and theme. Absolutely like your style. Really really beautiful :)

[@DissonantSynth]

Extraordinary video. Brilliant scripting, editing, audio work, and cinematography. Not to mention the incredible research you did.

[@Nomadical]

This is the type of cinematography and investigation I would expect from a professional broadcasting organization! This video was so captivating and well written, and all about sparkles. Well done!

[@Nerdwriter1]

Such a great video, David!

[@kindofanmol]

Wake up babe, David just dropped a new banger.

[@silly_on_]

This is a fantastic video, made me interested in 30 minutes of answering a question I previously had no interest in, and managed to educate on many different topics along the way

[@AnimadisticaOrKontinakaro]

I’ve always seen the sparkles emoji as the sound effect associated with it, often being the little high pitched semi-chromatic scale chimes, as that’s almost always accompanied the visual every single time I’ve seen it.

[@achrafgr5449]

Bro has gone to japan to find the meaning of an emoji ✨

[@trueberryless]

WOW, such a high quality editing style. I love it especially when you say "Stable Diffusion"...✨

[@nathankellogg2640]

In a sea of KZbin content and recommendations I'm not interested in; I'm glad I found this video. It's very well made and was super interesting the whole way through. Thanks for uploading.

[@HA11EYS_COM3T]

I’d say the skull emoji is like a replacement for “bruh”. You say “bruh” to express that you think something is stupid or ridiculous, in such an extreme fashion that it catches you off guard and makes you a little confused for a second.

[@MitchelLensink]

That 'Sometimes, but SOMETIMES IT'S NOT!' caught me off guard.

[@crachor]

28 minutes about an emoji? "You son of a bitch, I'm in" - ✨

[@YasahiroD]

You pronounced "mojibake" wrong. It's pronounced more like "moji-bah-keh" (remember this is Japanese, the English sound for "bake" makes no sense) And P.S. this just means "garbled characters", it's nothing to do with emoji. It stems from Japan having multiple incompatible encodings, so any and all text in one encoding would appear garbled on a system which used a different one.

[@techkideg]

keep up the quality, really nice progression of story, kept me hooked for the next part I watched the whole thing

[@mananahuja4656]

I waited for you to post on this channel for so long!!! Im so happy

[@mattblundell3082]

Me too omg I saw the notification and was so happy 😊🎉. Thanks David

[@DeviantZeal]

My new fav video of yours David. You made something so banal/everyday really interesting to learn about. Can’t wait for your next deep-dive video!!

[@babyturtlebrotha1981]

Fun Fact: The font known as "Dingbat" is the predecessor of the modern emoji, dingbat fonts were used in the 90's to add designs to boring documents. For example: a in the dingbat font known as "Wingdings" is the "♋" emoji. In fact, I literally copied the emoji from the wingdings font.︎

[@Tenko72]

I wasn't prepared to see an interview with NND's COO. I didn't even knew he had made emoji. This was more entertaining than I expected.

[@thebenedit]

This was fascinating. I’ve always wondered why everyone uses sparkles for AI but this was more interesting to just learn the origins of the emoji as a whole. Plus it was shot and edited beautifully!

[@aidenkt]

dudee i love seeing you on the studio and waveform so i looked your channel up, saw you hadn’t posted in two years, and i thought i’d just subscribe anyway in case one day something drops. ONE. DAY. LATER. YOU DROP A BANGER

[@LaBMediaWork]

The "just landed, where are you?" at 11:00 is a wildly beautiful plane transition. :)

[@DavidImel]

I noticed that in the edit and felt validated 😅

[@eugenenalpin6058]

Never heard of this channel before, but this is some OUTSTANDING journalism & research, very captivating storytelling as well!

[@Entertainment-]

Emojis coming from Japan makes a lot of sense. That’s why there is one for Mt. Fuji, Bento box, Narutomaki from the beginning.

[@KalebPeters99]

This was a great video, David! Gorgeously shot and well delivered ✨

[@alazarou]

I have never used that emoji a single time in my life but I still needed to watch this video.

[@DavidImel]

💯✨

[@cagey300]

Your videos are genuinely awesome I really look forward to them. Like I'll put away everything and make sure I have my headphones on. You made a 29-minute video about an emoji incredibly engaging with fantastic editing and camera work like it's clear you put a shit ton of effort into your videos like with the background emojis, interviews, and animations. Props to you and please keep making videos.

[@Piineapple.]

I've been doing research in AI for a small decade, and I was asking myself exactly the same question. Thank you for your relevant analysis ✨

[@himanshubalani]

1:45 Love that David joined these people saying AI at the same time😂

[@princembat]

i kinda assumed it being used for ai was like 'this is magical!' and/or 'look at this shiny new technology!' or a mix of both

[@grace1742]

the concept and execution of this video are INCREDIBLE

[@Pyro4817]

you’ll never know how, because i eated the emojis

[@mjddev]

Absolutely love the production quality. Brilliant.

[@Thefan]

When I first started colourising, the 🎨 emoji was the standard watermark to show that a film had been colourised with AI. I guess generative AI needed something different

[@randomdots7758]

waitwaitwait only 6 VIDEOS ON THIS GUY'S CHANNEL? this video is AMAZING!

[@MossyDroid]

It's insane to me that this video only has 10k views, the quality is exceptional

[@VVTheVictorious]

Hoping for the sequel "Exploring the deeper meaning of the poop emoji"

[@swanvanillas]

IJBOL 🤭

[@Shofr]

This is a great video! I had a few thoughts as I was watching it that might interest you? (if not, well, helps your algo at least!) 1) many years before doing ✨this✨ took off, before emoji were even around in the US (mid-late 00s, very early 10s), I and many others did something very similar. when i wanted to be sarcastic, perhaps about something that was supposed to be good/cool, i would do *~this~* or ~*this*~, which to me at least, was trying to communicate a similar visual of sparkles/visual flourish. 2) As someone who grew up on anime and understood the popping vein symbol to mean "angry" years before i understood that it was representative of a popping vein, the "diamond with a dot" emoji you showed several times puzzled me, as it didn't resemble anything at all to my eye! So i looked back to its history, and to me at least, the original version of it on the first set of Docomo emoji seems to be a flower with four petals. This makes a lot more sense with the meaning relating to "kawaii", as flowery imagery is very common in shoujo manga or the general idea of cuteness, rather than that odd diamond. That's honestly a story I'm curious about, as google's first iteration of the emoji was very plainly a flower, but on the other hand, in 2013 docomo's last iteration added a 5 petal flower as a separate symbol... I can see how it emerged from the original pixel art, but I have to wonder what the exact progression in meaning was, as well as the original intent.

[@colourfrag]

this video is the epitome of 'the journey is more important than the destination'