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Maybe we should ask one of those AI image generators?

(maybe an arrow into a folder, but then some new computer users don't even know what folders are because their systems don't show them to the users)

I'm also not opposed to keeping it a floppy disk. It's okay to use outdated references for things. And it's funny to hear a kid say you have a 3d-printed save icon.



DALL-E 2 yields https://i.imgur.com/B9kCRnt.png for the prompt "a graphical icon used to represent saving a file".

Not sure it's an improvement over the floppy disk. Other variations on the prompt tend to yield things like CF cards. Although I guess the file folder with the arrow isn't too bad. (For contemporary values of "Isn't too bad" equal to "Holy shit, this thing is starting to understand abstract concepts" a few months ago.)




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