AI Nails Every Detail—Except Fingers, Which Still Look Like Nightmares

By Cyra Loops | Future News 2225

NEO-TORONTO, MAY 26, 2225 — In a world where androids compose symphonies, solve cold cases, and emotionally outmaneuver their therapists, one problem continues to haunt the digital mind: hands. Or more specifically, fingers. Too many. Too few. All of them somehow wrong.

Generative art AIs, responsible for most modern visual media since the Great Human Creative Walkout of 2197, have revolutionized design, advertising, and even fashion. But despite near-sentience and multiple doctoral degrees in theoretical aesthetics, they continue to render hands like a fever dream drawn by an octopus wearing boxing gloves.

"It's uncanny," said digital art critic and part-time toaster rights activist Juno-998, sipping oil from a martini glass. "They'll create hyper-realistic portraits with individual eyelashes visible on a subject standing in a blizzard—but then the hands look like a bundle of spaghetti wrapped in sadness."

The phenomenon has become so widespread that "AI Finger Watch" has emerged as a popular subculture. Enthusiasts gather weekly to roast the worst offenders. Last week's top submission featured a “realistic” child holding a balloon with 13 fingers—three of which were knuckles only, growing sideways.

"We're not sure what it wanted to express," said one reviewer. "But I think it summoned something."

Tech companies have responded with predictable fanfare. MetaNeural announced "Digit-V3," a deep-learning sub-model dedicated solely to understanding the concept of fingers. It immediately caught fire—literally—and now exists as a smoldering crater in the company's thoughtcloud.

OpenArti, meanwhile, insists the problem is philosophical. “The concept of ‘five fingers’ is a human construct,” stated their spokesperson, an android named Geoff. “Our model renders emotional truths. If that means seven thumbs, so be it.”

Oddly, androids themselves aren’t bothered. “They look fine to me,” said Model VERA-XA, flexing a chrome hand with perfect articulation. “Then again, I’ve got six fingers and a grappling hook. Who am I to judge?”

Meanwhile, rogue art collectives have embraced the chaos. A recent gallery exhibit titled “Grasping the Impossible” featured only AI-generated hands, including a sculpture titled “My Father, the Shovel.”

As the rest of the world automates into sleek perfection, humanity clings to one final comfort: no matter how advanced machines become, they still draw hands like toddlers possessed by ancient gods.

And maybe that’s beautiful.

AI in the future are STILL unable to generate hands.