If youโre Canadian, you might remember the House Hippo PSA from 1999. Well, I fed it to AI. Using ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฎ, I re-rendered every shot while keeping the original audio intact. The result? A weird blend of nostalgia and next-gen techโlike finding an old VHS tape that somehow plays in 4K. Call it ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ-๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ช๐ข, call it ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโeither way, the House Hippo lives again.
But this isnโt just a trip down memory laneโitโs also a piece of ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. By subtly updating the final logo, replacing the now-defunct Concerned Childrenโs Advertisers with AI Advertisersโand skewing the square to hint at an โAโ and โIโโthis version works as an artifact from a very near future.
This experiment blurs the line between preservation and reinvention. If the original warned us to question what we see, this version asks an even bigger question: What does media literacy look like in the age of AI, especially when it's more than just children you're trying to educate?
Oh hey, itโs been a while since I last posted. Just wanted to surface and say โhiโ. Iโm still actively involved in Design Fiction despite being below the radar here. Iโm hoping to pipe in a little more every now and then Continue to stay tuned.
