Somebody with access to both graphics and AI apps has now filed three alleged 311 complaints about loose goats on the streets of Boston, except, as 311 noted in closing a complaint with the above photo of a "wet and smelly" goat allegedly at Chestnut and Brimmer streets on Beacon Hill, that's not Chestnut and Brimmer streets on Beacon Hill.
The photo bears an interesting similarity to A Photo of a Goat on the Street of a Major City During the Day, right down to the camera angle, only it's an AI-generated image that can be yours to use and enjoy for just $79.99.
Another complaint purports to be about a supposed trash-eating goat at 30 Pond St. in Dorchester, only the photo was composed in a photo editor by somebody who needs to do a better job of cropping the goat from one image and putting it on another:
311 marked it closed:
Nothing found curbside during Inspections, no signs of goats.
The same alleged goat was allegedly also spotted outside the Friends of the Public Garden office on Beacon Street at Charles Street:
311 closed the complaint with a note that it was "not an Environmental Services issue."
H/t Jason.
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What kind of ...
By AdamA
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 2:16pm
What kind of bleeting heart would let their animal wander? Goat to be kidding me.
Horning in on wild …
By Lee
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 2:37pm
…. turkey territory.
Baaaaahnish them!
Want to curry favor with me?
By MrZip
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 10:07pm
Let a goat loose near my house. Although I could be a jerk about it...?
Preparations for the Army
By anon
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 2:19pm
Preparations for the Army Navy game are underway.
In the spirit of the game, Go
By anon
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 2:20pm
In the spirit of the game, Go Navy, Beat Army.
Adorable.
By anon
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 2:20pm
Adorable.
Those smelly old goats have roamed the city…
By Lee
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 2:35pm
… for decades. They are harmless. Unlike wild turkeys.
What’s the big deal?
Besides they make excellent street cleaners after trash day.
I thought the city's goat
By fungwah
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 3:02pm
moved to Tampa a few years ago?
The City doesn’t know
By anon
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 3:12pm
how to handle rats never mind goats.
I feel like
By SmallJB
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 3:28pm
Publicizing these shenanigans is only going to encourage others to do likewise, degrading the effectiveness of 311 and wasting tax dollars.
311 so far ...
By adamg
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 4:52pm
Has shown an impressive ability to deal with spamming, first with the hundreds of angry rants from people who hated Michelle Wu and Covid-19 vaccines, more recently with people flooding the system with complaints about Gaza, so I think they'll be OK with three faux goats.
People...
By WhatsInAName
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 3:29pm
Can be such jackasses
Not a jackass , it’s a billy
By anon
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 4:08pm
Not a jackass , it’s a billy.
Which is why
By WhatsInAName
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 5:10pm
I said people can be jackasses, not billy goats.
WPI must be behind this.
By Smart Arse
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 4:07pm
Looks like a WPI prank, except maybe not—those kids are better at this sort of AI stuff. I’ll bet.
Not clever at all
By StillFromDorchester
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 4:16pm
.
The city should have posted an AI image of a slaughtered goat carcass with the reply, all set.
Satanists
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 5:05pm
Don't they do sacrifices?
No AI needed
By SamWack
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 5:49pm
https://www.ebay.com/p/17041355300
What are Environmental
By Rwgfy
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 4:24pm
What are Environmental Services issues? Is idling for hours on end one of them?
"Goat leaving trash around"
By Vicki
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 8:24pm
"Goat leaving trash around" might be an environmental services issue. Removing trash from the street isn't, even if the trash-remover is a goat rather than a human, and even if the goat is eating the trash.
But don't send the city the vet bill, if the goat manages to find something unsafe to eat. Unsafe for a goat, I mean: real goats can and will eat poison ivy, and I will assume imaginary goats can too.
Is its name
By jmeltzer
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 5:34pm
Tom Brady?
I miss
By lurchie
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 12:13pm
the moose.
I love AI wackiness
By Kaz
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 12:46pm
AI images are usually hilariously bad at reality. For example, in the Beacon Hill Goat pic:
hilariously bad at reality.
By Rwgfy
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 3:34pm
You are not from here, are you?
You're welcome
By Kaz
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 3:49pm
I wrote that as a setup. ;)
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