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Anton Menshov
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When I saw this post, I decided to take a couple of days to think before posting my opinion, as I sincerely had no idea where this might be coming from (what problem can be solved by this, why this is done by the design/rebranding, why THIS design, etc.). Today, I found an explanation that I see as plausible.

There’s an urban legend - possibly even a true story - that Paul Verhoeven deliberately included excessive gore in RoboCop (1987) so that the MPAA would focus on cutting those scenes, while leaving the rest of the film’s violence largely intact. The idea was to offer up some extreme moments as sacrificial material, drawing the censors' attention and making them feel satisfied when those scenes were removed, while the broader tone and violent content of the film remained mostly unchanged. (A similar story happened with the soviet comedy "The Diamond Arm", I was looking for the best analogue in Western culture.)

If this is the case, I understand exactly what those designs represent. And I can only wonder, if the Company wants to distract people's attention from mostly unsuccessful and unneeded introduced AI functionality - OR there is something else coming (<insert the second/third/... dropped shoe joke here>). Truly sad times.