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What would you name this cat? (Original Post) True Dough Aug 2025 OP
Leftovers. What a sweet kitty. marble falls Aug 2025 #1
Camo Emile Aug 2025 #2
I think I'd go with True Dough Aug 2025 #3
Harvey Dent (Batman reference). Rincewind Aug 2025 #4
Chimera Donkees Aug 2025 #5
I was also thinking Chimera, but in the mythological sense. soldierant Aug 2025 #71
You nailed it!! ailsagirl Aug 2025 #79
Rolo Siwsan Aug 2025 #6
The Borg Blue Full Moon Aug 2025 #7
2 Faced. SamKnause Aug 2025 #8
Gremlin The Madcap Aug 2025 #9
Charon (Star Trek, not Greek mythology) hatrack Aug 2025 #10
Was that the character with half white half black face? Demovictory9 Aug 2025 #56
It was the name of the planet that the half-and-half people come from. Intractable Aug 2025 #63
Lil Ying Yang wishstar Aug 2025 #11
Janus Danmel Aug 2025 #12
Patches CountMyVote4Reality Aug 2025 #13
Sweetheart COL Mustard Aug 2025 #14
I agree with this. What a sweetheart!💗💗💗 Hope22 Aug 2025 #27
Lokai. Harker Aug 2025 #15
Paddleboard if..fish..had..wings Aug 2025 #16
Is there any non Ai content online anymore? jfz9580m Aug 2025 #17
Fugazi Martin Eden Aug 2025 #43
Thanks Martin Eden jfz9580m Aug 2025 #48
Picasso if..fish..had..wings Aug 2025 #18
We has a cat with similar markings. WinstonSmith4740 Aug 2025 #23
Picasso sindri Aug 2025 #19
Pablo? twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #20
Pussy. I had a gf years ago and her mother would yell "here pussy, pussy". Hard to not laugh. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #21
Phantom. mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #22
Tommy Two Tones lark Aug 2025 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author lark Aug 2025 #25
Eclipse. hay rick Aug 2025 #26
Mason Dixon Captain Zero Aug 2025 #28
AI cat, because. . . UniqueUserName Aug 2025 #29
Actually, youtube before ai had videos mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #57
I love cat videos and I love the dodo UniqueUserName Aug 2025 #59
Shadow doc03 Aug 2025 #30
Harley short for Harlequin Chicagogrl1 Aug 2025 #31
Goblin Chipper Chat Aug 2025 #32
Kinda remains me sorta of....................... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #33
Beauty AverageOldGuy Aug 2025 #34
Bele or Lokai sl8 Aug 2025 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Aug 2025 #41
Bele. Marcuse Aug 2025 #36
Picasso Karadeniz Aug 2025 #37
Phantom lonely bird Aug 2025 #38
Half Pint. nt Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #39
Confucius JMCKUSICK Aug 2025 #40
More videos (TikTok) sl8 Aug 2025 #42
Ziggy WA-03 Democrat Aug 2025 #44
Don't name your dog "Shark" and take then him to the beach. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #45
Jester. sinkingfeeling Aug 2025 #46
Gladys 12 kozar Aug 2025 #47
Harlequin (Harley for short) justaprogressive Aug 2025 #49
Gremlin! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2025 #50
OREO Cookie Jrose Aug 2025 #51
Mr Lucky or Miss Lucky womanofthehills Aug 2025 #52
Spare Cat Parts jmbar2 Aug 2025 #53
Salvador or Dali kimbutgar Aug 2025 #54
HALF 'N HALF Xoan Aug 2025 #55
Beat me to it ! nt eppur_se_muova Aug 2025 #80
Frisky....nt Figarosmom Aug 2025 #58
Jigsaw Midnight Writer Aug 2025 #60
wot a cutie . awww. AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #61
i prefer names. pansypoo53219 Aug 2025 #62
Flopsy. nt BWdem4life Aug 2025 #64
Sparky Chalco Aug 2025 #65
Is this Quimera when she was little? Starseer Aug 2025 #66
The name would revolve around the gender and personality of this enchanted creature Niagara Aug 2025 #67
And you would True Dough Aug 2025 #69
Absolutely! Niagara Aug 2025 #70
Whoa! That's a chimera kitty. Laffy Kat Aug 2025 #68
Klaus... Tikki Aug 2025 #72
After Klaus Mikaelson? Niagara Aug 2025 #73
Now that is a nice looking man.. Tikki Aug 2025 #74
That's actor Joseph Morgan that portrays Klaus Michaelson in both Niagara Aug 2025 #75
Twofur. :-) consider_this Aug 2025 #76
Everything GreenWave Aug 2025 #77
Chimmy.....nt Figarosmom Aug 2025 #78

Donkees

(33,394 posts)
5. Chimera
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 06:13 AM
Aug 2025
A genetic chimerism or chimera /kaɪˈmɪərə/ ky-MEER-ə or /kɪˈmɪərə/ kim-EER-ə is a single organism composed of cells of different genotypes. Animal chimeras can be produced by the fusion of two (or more) embryos. In plants and some animal chimeras, mosaicism involves distinct types of tissue that originated from the same zygote but differ due to mutation during ordinary cell division.

soldierant

(9,274 posts)
71. I was also thinking Chimera, but in the mythological sense.
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:22 PM
Aug 2025

And she was said to be the mother of both the Nemean Lion and the Sphinx (the live one, not the brock tomb.) I suppose "Sphinx" might work i a pinch.

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)
79. You nailed it!!
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 06:02 AM
Aug 2025

What I unearthed:

"A chimera is not a specific breed; it's a rare genetic mutation where two embryos fuse together in the womb to form a single individual with two different sets of DNA. This can result in distinctive traits, such as two-toned fur or different colored eyes, but the genetic condition can occur in any cat breed."
😻😺

jfz9580m

(16,536 posts)
17. Is there any non Ai content online anymore?
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 07:48 AM
Aug 2025

DallE? Unlike ChatGPT I don’t even know the names of the programs for these things except DallE. I have never used any of them.
Well ChatGPT via duck.ai and a few times straight up ChatGPT, but I found it lame.

jfz9580m

(16,536 posts)
48. Thanks Martin Eden
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:16 AM
Aug 2025

Never heard of that before
(I save these in my journal in case I ever need em again. Lousy memory and organization skills ;-/)


Fugazi regulation for AI: strategic tolerance for ethics washing

Gleb Papyshev, Keith Jin Deng Chan

October 2024
© The Author(s) 2024

Abstract
Regulation theory offers a unique perspective on the institutional aspects of digital capitalism’s accumulation regime. How-
ever, a gap exists in examining the associated mode of regulation. Based on the analysis of AI ethics washing phenomenon, we suggest the state is delicately balancing between fueling innovation and reducing uncertainty in emerging technologies.
This balance leads to a unique mode of regulation, "Fugazi regulation," characterized by vaguely defined, non-enforceable moral principles with no specific implementation mechanisms. We propose a microeconomic model that rationalizes this approach and shows that it is justifiable when the government struggles to differentiate between benign and harmful technology use due to capacity constraints. The potential for private companies to adopt ethical practices under Fugazi regulation supports the government’s preference for this method. This regulation mode is particularly attractive to the government during technology’s early development stages, marked by governmental optimism and uncertainty about the technology. Implications for greenwashing are also derived from the analysis.


Sounds completely irresponsible and explains a lot.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,412 posts)
23. We has a cat with similar markings.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:03 AM
Aug 2025

Not that exact division, but close. We named her Dora Maar, after his favorite model.

twodogsbarking

(17,557 posts)
21. Pussy. I had a gf years ago and her mother would yell "here pussy, pussy". Hard to not laugh.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:01 AM
Aug 2025

Response to True Dough (Original post)

mwmisses4289

(3,182 posts)
57. Actually, youtube before ai had videos
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 11:45 AM
Aug 2025

of cats like this (geo beats and the dodo come to mind). So yes, these cats, while rare, do exist.

UniqueUserName

(395 posts)
59. I love cat videos and I love the dodo
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 12:00 PM
Aug 2025

The dodo recently had a video in which they posted about how they try to ensure that their videos aren't AI slop. I know they make the effort. And sometimes the AI slop just gets through. I can't fathom why content creators make it. For clicks I guess.

This one is obviously ai. How many cats have you seen in real life that have blue ear fluff that mysteriously comes and goes? If you go back and look at it you can see at some point prefer takes on a weird blue hue. That's just one of the indicators that it's ai. There's lots of others

Lovie777

(21,647 posts)
33. Kinda remains me sorta of.......................
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:29 AM
Aug 2025

Star Trek "let that be your last battlefield"

I would name her Lovely tho.

sl8

(16,984 posts)
35. Bele or Lokai
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 08:33 AM
Aug 2025


Star Trek, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" episode

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On edit, more videos (TikTok):

Мантис химера (Mantis Chimera?)

https://www.tiktok.com/@saida_ary

Response to sl8 (Reply #35)

kozar

(3,289 posts)
47. Gladys 12
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 09:15 AM
Aug 2025

Same name of every cat I've adopted in my life. I've saved well over 200 dollars in my 64 years, by not having to buy new personalized, cat collars.

Koz

womanofthehills

(10,699 posts)
52. Mr Lucky or Miss Lucky
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 10:50 AM
Aug 2025

Lucky to be born so unusual she/he will have a good life.

I named my tux cat Mr Lucky because he found my house way in the country -and he was lucky he did .

He just died at almost 20 yrs old but had a great life.

Midnight Writer

(25,133 posts)
60. Jigsaw
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 12:26 PM
Aug 2025

Hope MAGAs don't see this and have a conniption over all the beautiful diversity on display.

Niagara

(11,474 posts)
67. The name would revolve around the gender and personality of this enchanted creature
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 01:22 PM
Aug 2025

Right now, I'm pondering the name "Eclipse".




Laffy Kat

(16,856 posts)
68. Whoa! That's a chimera kitty.
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 01:41 PM
Aug 2025

They are the rarest cats in the world. Therefore, the name must be extra special.

Tikki

(15,026 posts)
74. Now that is a nice looking man..
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 10:29 AM
Aug 2025

I was thinking of Klaus Nomi and his song "Total Eclipse" because the cute cat looks like he
is heading in to an eclipse.

Tikki

Niagara

(11,474 posts)
75. That's actor Joseph Morgan that portrays Klaus Michaelson in both
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 03:19 PM
Aug 2025

television series The Vampire Diaries and The Originals.

Anytime certain names are mentioned my brain goes straight to the L.J. Smiths books and television series. Obviously the name Klaus is one of those names that does this to me.


Thank you for the Klaus Nomi introduction!

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