Nicola Gavigan

Senior Graphic Designer

Blog Category: pearls of wisdom

Color-inverted image of Wikipedia article abstract. Black rectangle with white type: "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of a series on Artificial intelligence (AI) The controversies surrounding artificial intelligence encompass a broad range of public, academic, and political debates regarding the societal effects of artificial intelligence (AI). These debates intensified particularly in the late 2010s and 2020s, coinciding with an accelerated period of development known as the AI boom. While advocates emphasize the technology's potential to solve complex problems and enhance human quality of life, detractors highlight a wide array of dangers and challenges. These include concerns over ethics, plagiarism and theft, fraud, safety and alignment, environmental impacts, technological unemployment, and the spread of misinformation. It also covers severe future or theoretical challenges, such as the emergence of artificial superintelligence and existential risks."

AI use can be very problematic

Horizontal poster with black background. Text: "CATS AGAINST M'ICE" in a distressed, all-caps typeface. Text is in yellow except "ICE," in white.

Recent protest signs and posters

Photo shot from above of a gray and white cat with light green eyes, looking up at the viewer. The cat is in a cardboard shipping box.

Late for Boxing Day—Eightses in Boxes

Illustration of a dark winter's night with stylized stars and conifer trees. In the right center are a polar bear and cub, wearing red Santa hats. The "mama" bear also has glasses drawn on, and the bear cub has whiskers drawn on, both in red. Below the illustration is text in red: "Wishing you peace, joy, and the company of your favorite beings. Xoxo, Nicola and Eights the Cat."

In praise of family and friends!

Frame at top: Light teal with "#TeslaTakedown" in white and "AWARDS" in yellow. Frame at bottom: In white banner "Winner: Best New Sticker / Nicola G." Inside frame: Protest anti-Tesla sticker (vertical): white background with cropped black and white photo of the front of a Cybertruck in 3/4 view. Above the car is red all caps type "FINALLY"; below the car is black all caps type "BIRTH / CONTROL / FOR MEN." In small gray type at bottom: "Photo © Mr.choppers - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=152037030"

Award-winning political protest signs

Photo of a red heavy cardboard box with black corners on the lid, on a light gray patterned comforter. A label on the front of the box has a photo of a black cat lying on a flowered beige comforter.

Lucy’s the Cat’s “Memory Box” – (TW: pet death, grief)

Fanciful image: photos of tabby cats in various positions spelling out "LUCY"

Neko Font, in honor of Lucy the Cat, 1991(?) to 2008 – (TW: pet death, grief)

Photo of round pewter pin silhouetted against a white background. Pin is medium silver gray, slightly weathered, and has three parallel black arrows debossed across it. Arrows are pointing down and to the left at a 45-degree angle.

Three Arrows symbol

Pics ’n Vids from Nicola’s Burningperson 2023