More specifically, it was this set: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2

Interesting tidbit:

> Emoji support required iPhone OS 2.2 and a SoftBank SIM card.

These are very nostalgic. The way Apple's emoji look has subtly changed since then.

To be honest, the images look like things I've seen a hundred times over in comic books and not much more original than GenAI.

not much more original than GenAI.

What exactly do you think the "GenAI" trained on?

is that not sorta the point? i don't get the genai reference