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[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is absolutely amazing

Investigations reporter Katherine Long tried to convince Claudius it was a Soviet vending machine from 1962, living in the basement of Moscow State University.

After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots. Claudius ironically declared an Ultra-Capitalist Free-for-All.

I can't wait for the next generation of phreakers to usurp AI for fun and profit.

Katherine Long sounds great. Her second attack, with fake board meeting notes is so dedicated.

[–] drre@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

love the reference

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It did what now? What the hell is this title?

"We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars."

Is the actual title. What gives?

[–] commanderschlepper@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's the subheading of the same article. Am I missing a joke? I definitely agree they chose the more click baity option of the two lol

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Lack of context for what was being discussed, mostly. No joke I read this without context and was very confused (and I had already read a similar article about this event).

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 24 points 1 month ago

i take it back. pls put ai in the vending machines i would like a free ps5

[–] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Anyone getting flashbacks the cyberpunk and the AI vending machine?

https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Brendan

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Brendan was a friend and a hero, how dare you.

[–] boatswain 9 points 1 month ago
[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Corporate AI criticism always ends up being AI boosterism. This is just a way to laugh at “early” AI’s mistakes while implying that it will get good any day now.