How AI Stole the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Emoji

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Lately, I’ve noticed companies smashing ✨ onto every new feature they claim is “AI-powered”.
This annoys me, because the ✨ emoji is my favorite emoji, and I don’t want my use for it to go away.
I set out to find out why this is happening, and wound up on the other side of the planet.
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@DavidImel 23 дня назад

Corrections after the fact (because I sometimes get a couple things wrong): 1: The 'moji' in Emoji means 'Character', not emotion. So it's e (picture) moji (character). That one got a bit lost in translation. 2: The binary '3' I accidentally listed as '7' (000111) - it should be (000011). 3: The Western Armenian letter Գ is U+0533. I accidentally animated U+0553 Will keep this updated if I find any other errors. Thanks for watching!

@katakana1 23 дня назад

Also, "Mojibake" is completely Japanese and so the Japanese "bake" (transformation) is not pronounced like English "bake", neat as that coincidence is.

@kuzeyrl 23 дня назад

cool

@chillinJohnny 23 дня назад

these posts were from millennials not form gen-z "💠keeping young spirit💠" is unambiguous if you write: ✨feeling old✨ 😊😊😊

@koharathecat 23 дня назад

A major error is that the emoji set shown at the Museum of Modern Art isn't the earliest known emoji set. That was actually Docomo's 2006 emoji set, an updated form of their original black and white set from 1999. SoftBank's first emoji set predated Docomo's by 2 years, releasing in 1997 on the SkyWalker service for the DP-211SW phone. Still a good video, though.

@voidwyrm6149 23 дня назад

💠 was originally a stylized flower (and used to be pink) before being reinterpreted as some sort of blue crystal

@QwertyIsWeird 24 дня назад

"Desperate, and in need of answers, I booked a flight to Japan."

@saharaUA 24 дня назад

😂🛫✨

@ngwoo 23 дня назад

Japanese customs form for Americans: Business Pleasure Desperate and in need of answers✅

@Kat21 23 дня назад

nick robinson style

@Veilure 23 дня назад

me when desperate for some sort of resolution

@OrlandoMGarcia 23 дня назад

That refenrence

@barathganeshkumar8651 26 дней назад

Bro did more research to find the origins of ✨, than what I did for my dissertation

@LSambo02 25 дней назад

✨

@dev_mind 24 дня назад

He just used an Emojipedia blog post from October 2021.

@caam0000 24 дня назад

@@dev_mind And an interview, with the creator of the emoji. That is some next level amount of research.

@pressspacetostop 23 дня назад

bro didnt even find which company used it first

@baitposter 22 дня назад

@@pressspacetostop Obviously the company that created it first

@joaocatini2674 22 дня назад

not only AI have stolen the sparkles emoji, they've also stolen the gradient colored words 💀

@skoovee 22 дня назад

i think gradient words had been a thing for a short time before the ai boom and had just been adopted into mainstream design as the ai boom happened

@funkytime69 21 день назад

@@skooveethey have existed for longer than most skibidi toilet watchers have been alive

@jademonass2954 20 дней назад

the what

@TheOne_6 20 дней назад

@@funkytime69 so we know it's been here longer than 5 years

@skoovee 20 дней назад

@@jademonass2954 words, mostly headings that have a gradient on them, though i put them on my bold text alot because it makes them stand out :3

@malikscylore 26 дней назад

A 28 minute video about sparkles? Yes. Great f-ing cinematography.

@cosmopolitanape6969 25 дней назад

Me watching it at 3 AM for absolutely no reason

@Aliumly 22 дня назад

absolute mad lad honestly! AND it’s well made! but to be fair… most video essay creators make insane video ideas 😭

@koisose0 22 дня назад

Not surprised when you know hes mkbhd friend lol

@sexygirlmax2019 21 день назад

i love watching youtube documentaries from people i have never watched before

@anima7or 21 день назад

OFC M8

@krautnapped 26 дней назад

Considering that AI steals things and presents it in a new way, the ✨ is the perfect logo/symbol.

@J-wm4ss 23 дня назад

I was gonna say, it’s easy to identify ai generated tweets because they have two emojis at the end, usually ✨and another one. I thought this video would be about that.

@rita.sotero 23 дня назад

This comment made spit the tea I was drinking

@waltercapa5265 23 дня назад

Wouldn't the same happen with any emoji? Besides, that star is older than the emoji itself.

@therealzahyra 22 дня назад

Steals??? 😂😂😂😂

@cerulity32k 22 дня назад

REAL

@BounceIO 24 дня назад

As a UX designer whenever I’m implementing AI features you use the ✨ in order to create the impression of magic pretty much or that this is a magical feature because a lot of times you can’t really explain what the feature does until the user tries it so it’s to give the impression that it’s an automated process of some kind that the user could interpret as magic not in the fantastical sense, but in the sense of convenience or newness.

@mitch_tmv 24 дня назад

That's a really interesting insight, thanks for sharing!

@whatsanimesh 24 дня назад

I'm really surprised he missed out on that. That's the first thing that comes to my mind. Magic and a feeling of wonder.

@Amythiz 23 дня назад

Yes, features that automatically (“magically”) do something cool for you are always associated with magic, magic wand symbol in Photoshop for example. But ✨ are better for AI because it combines magic with new “shiny” tech. And it’s good for UI design because it’s simple and recognisable symbol even if it’s small and doesn’t have a color

@Rayuaz 23 дня назад

I'm pretty suree it's derived from the wand emoji (🪄), which also has sparkles, but has too much details to read well as an icon, so we abstracted it to just the sparkles, which is a lot simpler, and makes for a better icon ✨.

@grandsome1 23 дня назад

Maybe, subconsciously you're doing a calque from the magic wand selection button from your image manipulation program. That's my theory why every designer landed on magic dust=automation.

@yroven4052 21 день назад

💠 was originally supposed to be a flower but due to people copying it and making new version without knowing what it was supposed to be it, it turned into what it is today

@Vysair 19 дней назад

but what is it now?

@warriorcatkitty 19 дней назад

so.... what is it

@Akab 19 дней назад

@@warriorcatkitty the most logical and normal thing of course: A literal space magic crystal infused with the power of the ice element 😌

@warriorcatkitty 19 дней назад

@@Akab I- fair enough xD

@gnoot50 19 дней назад

@@Akabi thought it was just a weird flower shaped blue shiny diamond

@ehmzed 25 дней назад

✨ = magic and ethereal Throughout this video everyone brushed off the sparkles' meaning of "magic" as something unimportant, but I think that's actually all there is to it. AI features are smart, automatic and effortless, and feel like magic. That's clearly what these tech companies are communicating. That's the meaning of sparkles in the context of AI. "Why do we connect sparkles to magic?" would've been a more useful question to find the answer to. The fact that you and the other Western interviewees saw it as an obvious connection and didn't bother dwelling on it, proves exactly what you described: different societies might have symbols so ingrained in their culture that they won't even question them.

@dhbroad 24 дня назад

Seconded!

@marciolabio 23 дня назад

Totally agree, and I'd add that sparkles are associated with a "positive" or fairy type of magic, which is partly the reason why companies decided to brand their AI products with it.

@PSCHC_YT 23 дня назад

That's it!

@qwerty11111122 23 дня назад

My mental image of the sparkles emoji is taking a handful of glitter out of my pockets and throwing it* in the air with a ta-da*!! I feel edged that he went as far as to interview a man in Japan and not the history of its use in dazzling*. *cultural symbols that wouldve been cool to explore

@paulbille 23 дня назад

🪄

@cogspace 26 дней назад

Correction: "Moji" doesn't mean "emotion." It means "character." "Emoji" means "picture character." The fact that it sounds similar to "emotion" and "emoticon" is a total coincidence

@DavidImel 26 дней назад

Gotcha. This is what my translator told me during my conversation with Mr. Kurita so she might have gotten a bit lost in translation

@GaviLazan 26 дней назад

Hilarious that it happened in Japan 😋

@zo_ren 24 дня назад

im here to say this!

@aggressive_pizza1279 23 дня назад

I was gonna say this too but then I saw this comment!

@TokyoXtreme 23 дня назад

I wouldn't say it was "total coincidence", since there have been several katakana words based off of the popular word "emotion". It's likely that "emoji" was chosen because of its resemblance to "emotion".

@Stonehawk 23 дня назад

I didn't even notice this before. I still used ✨ for basically glitter on an emphatic statement...

@DavidImel 23 дня назад

✨ DIGITAL GLITTER ✨

@Stonehawk 23 дня назад

Also, things that are brand new glitter and sparkle. So... Applying lots of flashy sparkling glitter to something OBVIOUSLY SAD AND DISTRESSING, is itself an act of sarcasm. The ✨ doesn't itself mean sarcasm; the contrast between it and what it's attached to is what conveys sarcasm. Similar to "Whee. I'm so happy I could vomit. I'm having such a wonderful time I might just shoot myself." Contrasts. See? "I feel like ✨ G A R B A G E ✨" is saying something negative in a saccharine tone. So... A tone modifier.

@KimTheSoCalledNerd 20 дней назад

@@Stonehawkalready done that before ^^

@Vysair 19 дней назад

I use it depending on context, it's quite versatile

@isvvc_ 22 дня назад

I use this emoji to sprinkle in a little extra ✨gay✨

@cewla3348 21 день назад

that little bit of ✨queer magic✨ if you will

@redfromberk 21 день назад

this

@dianamiller3307 21 день назад

Shouldn't that be 🌈 ?

@ihatesponsorships 21 день назад

@@dianamiller3307 why not be ✨🌈both🌈✨?

@tenshi_amachi 21 день назад

✨Fruity✨

@mark1282 26 дней назад

It's a rare skill to make a 30 minute video about unicode really interesting and engaging. Really enjoyed watching this.

@lav-kitty 21 день назад

you got a skill issue if you're not normally interested in unicodes like that

@typologiez 21 день назад

unicode is wonderfully interesting dont slander it😔

@JoshuaChang 25 дней назад

I’ll never look at sparkles the same way. ✨Thank you✨

@usedtobekrampus 22 дня назад

when someone says that☠is the skull emoji:💀

@ckannan90 18 дней назад

When you said “go ask the guy who made emoji” I was not ready for the next shot

@Randrewwwww 26 дней назад

Great video!!! Couple things I want to add as a Japanese. - Moji-bakè comprises of letter (文字-moji) and transformation (with a connotation of being drastic) (化け-bakè) - emoji (絵文字）is combination of picture (絵） and letter (文字), not emotion I also want to add that imo reason why emoji took off in Japan is because our language has kanji - type of letters that by itself has some meaning unlike English alphabet. The concept of having a meaning in one symbol was already a familiar idea for us, so that “iconisation” took place in Japan as it did.

@RobbieEl 18 дней назад

Emoticons predate Emoji. So that nonsense about alphabets makes no sense.

@tsunghan_yu 9 дней назад

@@RobbieEl An emoticon uses multiple characters. An emoji is ONE character.

@LambentLight00 4 дня назад

Tysm for sharing!!!

@brendolbreadwar2671 21 день назад

Pretty fair to say that shininess is compared to new things that are neat and clean. Using sparkles def represents cutting edge things that are handled with care.

@mathiasreitan8621 9 дней назад

Can we take a minute to appreciate how well researched this video is, mostly containing primary sources and highlighting different perspectives of the matter? It's done better than many of the mainstream newspapers nowdays

@gododoof 20 дней назад

Japanese influence on iconography around the world goes way deeper than just emojis. You should look into the old Tokyo Olympics and how they way they implemented pictograms on their signs popularized the practice globally.

@YouTubeLiaison 26 дней назад

✨ for whatever part I played in this, you have my profound remorse ✨

@BobMinecraft 22 дня назад

✨Bring back the dislike button ✨

@kittyt.s.p 21 день назад

✨ disable the like button as well ✨

@Paddylol 21 день назад

✨Bring back community subtitles (fully)✨

@CardboardBox8 21 день назад

Is that…? No way.

@abai7133 20 дней назад

Enable auto captioning automatically. Hate having to comment “Caption your videos” on every video to prove ✨I exist✨

@brandonylee 26 дней назад

I'm so happy you finished this AND you shot it anamorphic ✨

@frank6048 23 дня назад

I just spent 30 minutes on a video explaining something I already knew Sparks - > Magic - > AI is like magic - > AI Then sparkles emoji means AI. I guess this tells you a good video doesn't even need to give you new information to be engaging, it's an art in which you can make even the most mundane of topics attractive, just like photography.

@DavidImel 23 дня назад

I think it’s more that, I can tell you something you already feel in your gut, but digging into WHY that is is a whole journey in itself that can break open a lot of new interesting separate ideas along the way.

@TheFeralFarmgirl 12 дней назад

I was thinking they were using the sparkle emoji as an updated version of the starburst for AI. In the past, when something was new or improved, they would put a starburst with "NEW!" encased within the starburst. AI is new, and innovated technology.

@hagangray8006 22 дня назад

On a bit of a side rant, I really agree with you being annoyed by all the new “AI” features. Literally “AI” is popping up in like every software. But half the time, it’s just fancy algorithms or something that we’ve had for years!! Would you consider Netflix “for you” AI? No! Gah it infuriates me.

@hagangray8006 22 дня назад

But also, ✨

@sanscipher9166 17 дней назад

Yes, I would

@pvanukoff 17 дней назад

An "algorithm" is "AI" if it's run by a computer. We've been using the term for decades. For example, think about video games, ever since we had CPU-controlled enemies in video games, we would refer to the algorithm as "enemy AI". Is the term overused? Sure, but that's marketing for you. At the end of the day though, if a non-biological thing (something artificial) does something mimicking intelligence (whether that's a basic enemy logic in a video game, or today's art/music generators and chatbots) the term is being used correctly.

@thewhitefalcon8539 16 дней назад

@@pvanukoff It meant something different in the video game context.

@pvanukoff 16 дней назад

@@thewhitefalcon8539 I'm aware. But my point is that the term "AI" is a generalized term that can mean a lot of things. But people are always looking for reasons to get their feathers ruffled.

@vanci3449 26 дней назад

Maybe cuz it means magic, simplification of something really complex or something. And the positive, convenient feel of it ✨

@vanci3449 26 дней назад

Convenient when not hallucinating asfuuuk

@Saidul0_0 26 дней назад

Half an hour video on ✨ hell yaa Waveform listeners would know how long this project was in the making. Thank you David ✨

@vacafuega 19 дней назад

Having read a lot of anime, the correlation i see between uses of the sparkles is wonder, in the sense of amazement, enchantment. What shines to you.

@F0RLORN День назад

this guy underrated af. Didnt think id be watching a guy talk about ✨for half an hour but i just did

@kindofanmol 26 дней назад

0:58 Love how David is using an extension that reverts back to the Twitter bird logo

@TusharJain007 26 дней назад

What extension?

@realneonbluegamer 26 дней назад

don't gatekeep 👀

@kindofanmol 25 дней назад

@@TusharJain007 Control Panel for Twitter

@kindofanmol 25 дней назад

@@realneonbluegamer Haha its called Control Panel for Twitter on the Chrome store

@DavidImel 15 дней назад

I actually just photoshopped the whole timeline 😅

@MishaGold 21 день назад

✨️ was my favorite emoji back in 2015-2016. Was kinda jealous of seeing it going that popular years later.

@Bepetoni 11 дней назад

Think of yourself as the trendsetter, people love your style, they're just very slow about it.

@ninjanerdstudent6937 24 дня назад

I accidentally found David's channel. I thought I recognized the voice. He's my favorite character from that tech podcast.

@purplegill10 20 дней назад

which one?

@tsunghan_yu 9 дней назад

@@purplegill10 Waveform. He's from MKBHD

@MicahUhl 3 дня назад

Bro did a video essay, documentary, and traveled the world for one video. This is truly amazing. You gained a sub.

@paulwaisukirawa1103 25 дней назад

✨Why do I feel compelled to keep watching… like it’s a lecture with exams at the end of the class! 💀😂 ✨

@CallMeVidd 25 дней назад

Just shows you can make anything compelling when you’re good at presenting it

@2phonesbabyken 26 дней назад

Bro really pulled a Nick Robinson

@dweeep03 25 дней назад

Yeah this really is something that Nick would make a video on

@neolordie 25 дней назад

@@dweeep03finding an excuse to go to japan too lol

@vDuzz 24 дня назад

Broooo that has several different meanings 😬

@fartnutte1724 22 дня назад

I can't believe how fast everyone forgot abt all his sexual harassment allegations @@vDuzz

@Akira-Aerins 21 день назад

who

@ceomg 24 дня назад

I’d rather ai be represented by sparkles than the robot emoji

@TokyoXtreme 23 дня назад

How about 🎛️

@kipkipful 23 дня назад

🪄

@LinkRammer 23 дня назад

🫎

@usernametaken017 23 дня назад

I'd rather not. It hides the face of the beast

@Cottor_OwO 23 дня назад

🎰

@Liam_ 7 часов назад

Dude I was sat here for so goddamn long thinking “I know I recognise this guy from somewhere” but I just couldn’t figure out where from. After a search I finally remembered I’d seen you on podcasts with MKBHD. This video was fantastic, hope to see more like it!

@lollovec 18 дней назад

I still have them as fireworks.

@miz5101 26 дней назад

Would never have imagined Dave's mentioning of travelling to Japan & Niconico were foreshadowing this lol. Seriously Nicovideo's danmaku 弾幕 should be more widely adopted, had so much memories in that hell of a corner of the internet. Great video as always.

@PixelArtPancakes 23 дня назад

GET THIS MAN A NETFLIX SHOW/DOCUMENTARY

@Dhruv-tk6zh 18 дней назад

3 minutes into the video, Love the aspect ratio, the colour coding and mann the sound design!! Oof. Great job mate!✨️

@RobertHighwind 26 дней назад

30 minute deep dives into sparkle emojis is ✨exactly✨ why I'm subscribed, lol. Shoutout to that nice little Armenia rep! ❤

@shahezahmed9960 26 дней назад

A video after 2 years

@saksham01 26 дней назад

Holy shit it's been 2 years????? Time fucking flies

@Breadbrowser 24 дня назад

Dang

@Idrisg 24 дня назад

And it's good

@teamok1025 23 дня назад

Wowie

@NateLevin 24 дня назад

Great video! So cool that you interviewed the actual original inventor of emoji!

@Blaineworld 23 дня назад

sparkle emoji will always mean ✨slay✨ to me

@iskrassupercoolchannel 21 день назад

Same

@ack_ 26 дней назад

This video is fantastic under so many aspects: the camera angles, the colors, narration, delivery and theme. Absolutely like your style. Really really beautiful :)

@kindofanmol 26 дней назад

Wake up babe, David just dropped a new banger.

@PlayerGonnaPlay 23 дня назад

Really cool video, was defenetly not expecting to see you go to Japan talk to the actual creator of emojis during it, haha. But funny thing, I'm from Brazil and here that 💠 emoji you kept showing towards the end of the video is curently used to represent pix, which is like PayPal or venmo for you US guys (but is instant and implemented in all banking institutions/apps). So we open our bank app and there it is the 💠 emoji. Because of that, when you showed it and was like "what does that even mean?" I was like "Oh yeah, Pix!" Hahahaha

@plighting_engineerd 24 дня назад

Amazing video. I can't believe how much research was behind this and all the interviews and context: somehow you talked to the emoji kitchen maker, the owner of emojipedia, and the literal inventor of the emoji... wow.

@derleolegal 23 дня назад

This video is awesome! I haven't seen such a cool video in a long time. You flew to Japan just because of the interview and entered the museum to explain things furthermore. I love it!!

@ThisIsTechToday 26 дней назад

Videos may be few and far between, but the quality and depth is amazing. Fantastic video, dude!

@leesouthcott8184 22 дня назад

Criminally underrated channel; beautiful cinematography, and quality research. All the best on your video creating endeavours! ✨✨✨

@richtigmann1 День назад

My god. This was an AWESOME documentary, it's got everything, cultural analysis, tech history, to talk about some little part of current culture and news, jusr so well done.

@trueberryless 26 дней назад

WOW, such a high quality editing style. I love it especially when you say "Stable Diffusion"...✨

@baryonyx_ 25 дней назад

I remember asking Gemini why its logo is a star/sparkle, It didn't give me an exact answer but said it represented innovation, intelligence, and creativity. Also, this video is QUALITY! It's like it doesn't belong on RU-vid.

@xansurnamehere 24 дня назад

I disagree. This is great for watching on RU-vid!

@louzo5175 21 день назад

ha ha. "creativity"

@Nomadical 20 дней назад

This is the type of cinematography and investigation I would expect from a professional broadcasting organization! This video was so captivating and well written, and all about sparkles. Well done!

@DissonantSynth 22 дня назад

Extraordinary video. Brilliant scripting, editing, audio work, and cinematography. Not to mention the incredible research you did.

@MitchelLensink 26 дней назад

That 'Sometimes, but SOMETIMES IT'S NOT!' caught me off guard.

@achrafgr5449 25 дней назад

Bro has gone to japan to find the meaning of an emoji ✨

@Amonimus 19 дней назад

The amount of effort to answer one question is impressive

@ValaSelene 9 дней назад

You've covered a lot of good angles. One that I'm aware of that I didn't see you touch on is programming related (and therefore perhaps relevant to AI): several years back (at least as early as 2019, probably earlier) what is now referred to as Gitmoji started being used. It's not super prevalent, but definitely recognised in the industry and basically what it is is using emoji as part of your commit message (the message describing what you've done) to indicate the type of change you made. Examples include 🐞 for fixing a bug and... ✨ for adding a new feature.

@DeviantZeal 25 дней назад

My new fav video of yours David. You made something so banal/everyday really interesting to learn about. Can’t wait for your next deep-dive video!!

@KalebPeters99 25 дней назад

This was a great video, David! Gorgeously shot and well delivered ✨

@SundiMyint 18 дней назад

I have been giving a “History of Emojis” talk for the better part of a decade at various conferences and I’ve been starving for new emoji content to add to my talk. Thank you David!!!!

@alazarou 4 дня назад

I have never used that emoji a single time in my life but I still needed to watch this video.

@DavidImel 4 дня назад

💯✨

@mananahuja4656 26 дней назад

I waited for you to post on this channel for so long!!! Im so happy

@mattblundell3082 26 дней назад

Me too omg I saw the notification and was so happy 😊🎉. Thanks David

@mjddev 25 дней назад

Absolutely love the production quality. Brilliant.

@techkideg 5 дней назад

keep up the quality, really nice progression of story, kept me hooked for the next part I watched the whole thing

@JamesBoxxy 8 дней назад

Interesting watch! 👍 Video premise and thumbnail intrigued me, thought I might learn something, great research here, thanks ✨David✨!! 🙌

@toxie_ 26 дней назад

I aspire to make video essays with specific-yet-intriguing topics and tight editing/production such as yours. Thanks for the great vid!!

@nathankellogg2640 22 дня назад

In a sea of RU-vid content and recommendations I'm not interested in; I'm glad I found this video. It's very well made and was super interesting the whole way through. Thanks for uploading.

@kevin.malone 3 дня назад

I love how happy he was hearing about how Americans make use of his sparkle emoji, and how a part of his creation was being used creatively in a different culture. He seems like he really cared about his contributions and must have put his heart and soul into it.

@cagey300 22 дня назад

Your videos are genuinely awesome I really look forward to them. Like I'll put away everything and make sure I have my headphones on. You made a 29-minute video about an emoji incredibly engaging with fantastic editing and camera work like it's clear you put a shit ton of effort into your videos like with the background emojis, interviews, and animations. Props to you and please keep making videos.

@samhayzen 23 дня назад

It's lowkey funny to me that the protagonist is subtly bitter about it, hopefully not for the common contrivances, and everyone else in the video is like "Yeah that's fine that makes sense." Great video, I never knew about the first rivaling emoji dealers 🤭

@crachor 25 дней назад

28 minutes about an emoji? "You son of a bitch, I'm in" - ✨

@KazuraiKoori 19 дней назад

I'm so glad I found your channel! You deserve waaayyy more subscribers! Thanks for pouring so much work into your content!

@sens1tiv838 17 дней назад

This is a 30-minute video about an emoji but it was so much fun to watch. Please keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to your new videos.

@aidenkt 26 дней назад

dudee i love seeing you on the studio and waveform so i looked your channel up, saw you hadn’t posted in two years, and i thought i’d just subscribe anyway in case one day something drops. ONE. DAY. LATER. YOU DROP A BANGER

@thebenedit 24 дня назад

This was fascinating. I’ve always wondered why everyone uses sparkles for AI but this was more interesting to just learn the origins of the emoji as a whole. Plus it was shot and edited beautifully!

@jademonass2954 20 дней назад

for me, the sparkle emoji is only used to try to polish something ✨Trash ✨ by putting it around the work

@JapanJacques 24 дня назад

Awesome video David! Quite the rabbit hole and answered a lot of questions I had lurking in the back of my mind about the origins of many emojis

@Piineapple. 23 дня назад

I've been doing research in AI for a small decade, and I was asking myself exactly the same question. Thank you for your relevant analysis ✨

@ParadoxProblems 23 дня назад

Whenever i see ✨ in the AI context, my brain goes "Ooooh". To me, it feels like they chose ✨ to get across the feeling/idea of: "something very advanced that you don't fully understand is happening, and isn't it great?"

@eugenenalpin6058 21 день назад

Never heard of this channel before, but this is some OUTSTANDING journalism & research, very captivating storytelling as well!

@Kroopahatsune 23 дня назад

i can't believe a video of this quality doesn't already have a million views, its amazing insight into something i never really deeply thought about!

@Entertainment- 26 дней назад

Emojis coming from Japan makes a lot of sense. That’s why there is one for Mt. Fuji, Bento box, Narutomaki from the beginning.

@StevenAkinyemi 24 дня назад

Now that you pointed it out, I'm going to use it in my next product ✨

@colourfrag 5 дней назад

this video is the epitome of 'the journey is more important than the destination'

@frub 21 день назад

always been fascinated by unicode/emojis and the surrounding topics, thanks for this video!

@VVTheVictorious 23 дня назад

Hoping for the sequel "Exploring the deeper meaning of the poop emoji"

@swanvanillas 19 дней назад

IJBOL 🤭

@himanshubalani 25 дней назад

1:45 Love that David joined these people saying AI at the same time😂

@nxby 19 дней назад

its crazy how much effort you put into this video keep it up man i need more of these

@dylbanan140 16 дней назад

Never thought im going to watch a 30 minute documentary about one emoji and not get bored, the way you did it is perfect.

@ametisladyy 22 дня назад

✨️ deserves better

@tanvirulhaque99 23 дня назад

This much effort for one emoji, yeah I appreciate that✨

@grace1742 20 дней назад

the concept and execution of this video are INCREDIBLE

@ygguazoid 23 дня назад

✨I humbly request more videos like this one ✨

@MossyDroid 25 дней назад

It's insane to me that this video only has 10k views, the quality is exceptional

@CalebCarterFilm 26 дней назад

The return of the video essay king!

@remyortega3394 22 дня назад

Thank you Mr.Imel for showing up on my reccomended page and telling me about the origins and gentrification of the ✨

@Mehedi0fficial 8 дней назад

Bro came out of a two-year hibernation due to a f*king sparkle emoji and vsaucing for 28 minutes. Huge respect.