We are getting to the point where we are going to have a real life Talkie toaster from Red Dwarf without the comedy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HqGSioLCOQ&t=43
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We're not too far off given how many apps on my phone by default send notifications like "do you want to do this thing now?"
And so many interfaces that have been enshittified with pop ups wanting me to check out their new AI features.
A toaster constantly asking if I want toast is probably less annoying than a lot of technology now.
a candy that plays music while you eat it
What the heck. The whole paragraph is so ‘unnecessary technology’.
Now if things you could do with simple if/else algorithms are using “AI”
Rather freeze AI completely than use an AI refridgerator
Good for destroying them with a baseball bat.
I'm pretty sure I had a musical lollipop back in the 90s.
Edit: I found the commercial https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XoUGYfUvgn4
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