Not long ago we flipped the calendars from January to February, and it was then that I noticed something was a little off with mine. For as long as I can recall, I have always had a car calendar on my wall, and while some of them have not been the highest quality, I've never had one like this. 

I was looking at the picture of the sports car for February when I noticed that one of the wheels was not entirely circular. Not only that, but there was no real emblem on the car; instead, it's some unsymmetrical silver blur on the front of the grille. That detail confirmed something was suspicious and upon closer inspection of the entire calendar, it just got worse. 

There are random shapes and objects in the backgrounds of the images that don't make sense or belong, the vehicles themselves are terrible copycats of actual cars like the Tesla Model 3 or the Chevy Corvette, and everything just looks artificial like a video game. It didn't take long to put together that this must be an AI calendar. My immediate question: why? 

Why generate something that you could simply take a nice picture of? It's not like these images were set in outer space or with the automobile jumping a volcano or anything; they were just your standard mundane calendar design. There must be a plethora of high-quality car photos available in the public domain, so if it has anything to do with licensing, I'm confused. From January to December, these calendar pictures are just awful. 

So, do I keep it up or not? I never actually use a calendar for any real purpose, but it wouldn't feel right to be without one in my bedroom. It gets the point across, but I don't really like the idea of substituting human artistry for some computer knockoffs. I'm not opposed to AI as a tool for helping humans, but I'm thinking this goes a little too far....