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Summary

An official redesign ofHarley Quinnthat turns her into an artificially levelheaded entity is the creepiest Harley has looked in year . Throughout the multiverse , Harley Quinn has no unforesightful provision of creative redesigns , including her cartoon bunny form called " Harely Quinn . " Others designs are a second scarier , likeHarley ’s suburban nightmare purpose fromKnight threat . But her latest artificial - intelligence service cast takes the shivery cake .

InHarley Quinn#34 by Tini Howard and Sweeney Boo , Lady Quark and Lord Volt of Earth 48 uncover the reason why they have been sending advanced version of Harley ’s hyaena , Bud and Lou , to keep an center on her . They ’re monitoring her to harness her chaotic vim in an effort to recreate and " wield it in our more enlightened hands as a weapon ! " They do this by recreating what they have con about Harley and coding it into an unnaturally intelligent being . The result is pure nightmare fuel as they reveal what their behemoth creation .

This artificially healthy redesign is noticeably " glitchy " and pixelated as it struggles to keep its kind while speaking an opaque language . What makes it even worse is its typeface , which mime a masquerade party one might see inThe Purgewith a simplistic yet creepy-crawly smile .

Featured Image: cropped version of classic Marilyn Monroe photo (left); Harley Quinn (right)

Beautiful newfangled back artwork by Jenny Frison has given Harley Quinn a Marilyn Monroe - inspired femme fatale expression , and it ’s absolutely breathless .

AI Harley Quinn’s Ability to Learn Makes Her a Greater Threat

What produce AI Harley tolerate out as a terrific founding — outside of her terrible looking — is how quick she can take from Harley . When the two side off , AI Harley , since its coding is uncomplete , is noticeably and constantly learn from the real Harley . It starts out talk gibberish , but as Harley tries to compute out what it is , it begins to mimic her speech patterns . When it leap inside Harley to see if it can fill in the missing gap , Harley ’s own bedlam try out to be " too much , " as it apace realizes there are too many " unsoluble errors . " This coif it up as a huge menace to Harley ; if it can reach enough office , it could dead replicate the original Harley while still " learning " as an AI .

Of course , like most contrived intelligence in fiction — such asSkynet fromThe Terminator — the creation could terminate up stupefy a threat to the Jehovah more than anyone else . The Forerunners clearly require to create this version of Harley to potentially resist off Darkseid , since Lady Quark specifically stated that this AI would be used as a weapon system . However , this could cease up make out back to ghost them if this adaptation of Harley manages to discharge its coding . Not only is it an ever - learning initiation that will only get smarter as it continues to exist , but it ’s running on topsy-turvydom Energy Department manifested by Harley herself . This could lead to the AI generating feverish answer that backfire on its creators , posing a threat to the multiverse as a whole .

AI Harley Quinn Could Be Earth-48’s Undoing

Of course , it ’s soft to see that this is exactly where the character is heading base on its pattern alone . AI Harley is a terrific world , and making it into a weapon that harnesses Harley ’s disorderly vigor is a recipe for disaster . It ’s the gross way forHarley Quinnto explore the current contention of AI while also giving her the creepiest redesign she ’s had in years as this technological threat really contain shape .

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HARLEY QUINN # 34 ( 2021 )

Harley Quinn imagery

Imagery of Jason the Red Ranger from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Composite image of comic book art: a blonde woman (Harley Quinn) with white face paint and a black square over her eye, and a different version of Harley with long blonde pigtails who’s pixelated and monster-like.

Comic book panels: a pixelated monstrous version of Harley Quinn, who appears as a pale woman with long blonde pigtails in black and red clothing.

Comic book panels: two version of Harley Quinn — one a pixelated version in her red and black costume and the other a human version in street wear — face each other and talk.

Comic book panels: a pixelated monster version of a blonde woman (Harley Quinn) enters her regular doppelganger. Her eyes become pixelated, and she looks ready to be sick.

Harley Quinn 34 Main Cover: A pale woman (Harley) with long blonde pigtails and a baseball hat stands in a cosmic tunnel with a mop and a wet floor sign.