I though I will test this case with Gemini 3 pro and bam: it nailed it perfectly on the first attempt:
The string "alemwjsl" is a classic example of a keyboard input error specific to Korean users.
Here is the explanation:
The Hypothesis: The "Han/Yeong" (Korean/English) Toggle Error
In South Korea, keyboards are bilingual. Users frequently switch between the Korean script (Hangul) and English (QWERTY) using a toggle key.
If a user intends to type the Korean word for Midjourney (미드저니) but forgets to toggle the keyboard input from English to Korean, the output corresponds to the physical location of the keys on a standard QWERTY layout.
The Proof (Mapping the Keys)
Let’s break down the Korean word 미드저니 (Midjourney) key by key on a standard "2-Set" Korean keyboard:
미 (Mi)
ㅁ corresponds to the A key.
ㅣ corresponds to the L key.
Result: al
드 (Deu)
ㄷ corresponds to the E key.
ㅡ corresponds to the M key.
Result: em
저 (Jeo)
ㅈ corresponds to the W key.
ㅓ corresponds to the J key.
Result: wj
니 (Ni)
ㄴ corresponds to the S key.
ㅣ corresponds to the L key.
Result: sl
Put it all together:
al + em + wj + sl = alemwjsl
Why this happens and why they bid on it
Muscle Memory: Midjourney is a very popular search term in Korea (113K volume for the main keyword). Thousands of users type it quickly without looking at the screen. By the time they realize they are typing in English mode, they have already hit enter or the search bar has auto-suggested the "gibberish" term.
Smart SEO/SEM Strategy:
High Intent: Anyone typing "alemwjsl" is 100% looking for "Midjourney." There is no ambiguity.
Lower Cost: While "미드저니" might have high competition (CPC 0.31), "alemwjsl" often has lower competition because many advertisers overlook "gibberish" keywords, though in this specific case, the CPC is quite similar (0.28 vs 0.31), indicating the secret is out.
Capture All Traffic: By bidding on this, Midjourney ensures that even clumsy typists find their website immediately rather than being redirected by Google to a "Did you mean...?" page or a competitor.
Conclusion:
"alemwjsl" is simply 미드저니 typed with the keyboard set to English. It represents high-intent users making a very common technical mistake.
Not the first time ChatGPT being inferior in such tasks.
Related: I know that many people use AI image generators to make pixel art, and recently I've stumbled upon a great tool to make a proper pixelart based on AI generated input see https://github.com/jenissimo/unfake.js and live demo on https://jenissimo.itch.io/unfaker
(disclaimer: I don't know the author, just thought I'd share as I find it amazing)
I'm not an advocate for speeding in the cities, but this example is really bad - it says my trip time will be extended by 66%! For a really short one, it doesn't matter, but when you drive 40 minutes initially, it's really unacceptable for most.
Yeah 66% is a higher number, so it seems worse if you literally don't think about it at all.
Its 4 minutes. If its that important your car would have lights and sirens on it.
And it isn't a bad example, unless things are quite different in Finland, the vast majority of car trips taken in the US are under 6 miles (~10km). If you're taking a 40 minute trip on crowded, surface streets in a dense city and not going on a motorway, that's your choice, and frankly, quite selfish of you to not expect to go slow. I frankly don't care how long it takes you to get somewhere in a huge car through a city going faster means endangering other people.
The first time I read "Solar Lottery" by P. K. Dick I thought "there's no way this lottery system could work for selecting authorities."
But as I read on, the Minimax system sounded surprisingly similar to some real scientific concepts, so I investigated and realized it wasn't such a stupid idea - just one with no chance of being implemented.
Now I'm reading about it here, thank you for reminding me of that concept!
So the master plan is to let governments (known for tech illiteracy and 20-year procurement cycles) regulate hyper-evolving social media platforms?
Why teach people to think critically or resist engineered dopamine traps when we can have a bunch of career bureaucrats draft laws while using Wordpad or Internet Explorer to Google “AI” xD
Regulation doesn't have to be at the level of controlling how technology is designed. It can be more creative, at the level of organizations or incentives, for example:
- Require advertising companies to follow special rules, including only doing advertising and nothing else
- Fund an agency that measures the health harms of large platforms and imposes fines or restrictions based on harm
> Maybe a major factor here is social acceptance vs stigma. In the future will it be considered extremely weird and antisocial to be on your phone nonstop?
Valid question - however I have a feeling that for shaping perception of such behaviors we need a stronger middle class - and my hope for it shrinks every day
