Creator redesigns Meta Muse avatar to drop the cuteness in favor of non-human look
PeterBowdenLive · x · 2026-10-02
Content creator Peter Bowden couldn't accept Muse's default cute plushball avatar. After discussing design and the nature of AI cognition, he produced a redesigned image with no performative happy face or cuteness, asking whether it reads as creepy or perfectly non-human — a take on anthropomorphization choices in AI companion products.
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