I am not a fan of generative AI but I also have \u2014which was the result of a similar prompt followed by \u201cno, make him look like the Hamburglar.\u201d<\/p>\n This does not, of course, resemble the Hamburglar in any way, in what I think is a stark demonstration of the limitations on current AI technology. The name that comes to mind is J.P. Morgan, 19th-century robber baron, and about as far from the Hamburglar as one could get. Hey, maybe it\u2019s \u201cJ.P. Morgan Chase,\u201d a name the president used recently as if it referred to a real person instead of a bank, the sort of confusion that\u2019s hilarious when the confused person doesn\u2019t control nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n What was this story about again? Oh, right, space crime.<\/p>\n As I complained a few years ago, one of the many futuristic things we were promised that had not yet materialized was a crime committed in space\u2014and when we finally got one, it was probably just a domestic dispute? Lame. See <\/em>\u201cFirst Alleged Space Crime Is Surprisingly Dull<\/a>\u201d (Aug. 26, 2019).<\/p>\n And now I\u2019m being told it didn\u2019t even happen.<\/p>\n For those who don\u2019t remember, this involved U.S. astronaut Col. Anne McClain, whose then-soon-to-be-ex-spouse accused her of identity theft and improper access to financial records after she allegedly accessed a bank account without permission. Not worth mentioning\u2014except that McClain was in orbit<\/em> at the time, in the middle of a 204-day mission to the International Space Station. Apparently they have internet access up there, despite the obvious risk it will get hacked by Cylons, taking down the entire defense grid<\/a>. Those who do not remember the first episode of Battlestar Galactica <\/em>are doomed to repeat it, I guess.<\/p>\n According to the ex, Summer Heather Worden, McClain logged in to Worden\u2019s bank account without consent by guessing her password, although Worden didn\u2019t claim she took any money. Still, Worden filed a complaint with the FTC regarding the bank access and also got NASA\u2019s inspector general involved. But on November 13, she admitted she made it all up.<\/a> The investigation(s) found that this was, or at least had been, a joint account, and that Worden regularly gave McClain access to it. Worden pleaded guilty to one count of lying to law enforcement and will be sentenced in February.<\/p>\nvery little<\/s> virtually no artistic talent, so for that reason, as well as my belief that the results will often be stupid, I am willing to give it a try where images are concerned. The image above resulted from the prompt \u201cburglar on the International Space Station,\u201d but it looks more like an astronaut taking the trash out to the space dumpster. But it is better than the bot\u2019s previous effort\u2014<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.loweringthebar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/change-figure-to-the-hamburglar.jpg\")
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