• noughtnaut@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    He got up at 5:30 a.m. to show the sunrise to his microphone. Yeah, that’s not worrying.

    So very unsurprising. That’s straight up out of the film Her which is about how an electronic companion can (will) affect and screw over their “friend”.

  • fullsquare@awful.systems
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    1 day ago

    crazy how techbros understand consent (to be recorded all the time) only when it impacts them personally (i assume that was the main problem)

  • Soyweiser@awful.systems
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    1 day ago

    “wearable mom.”

    Jfc.

    Bought url for 1.8m

    Which VCs gave him money? And how many pension funds etc end up holding the bag for this?

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    2 days ago

    The YouTube ad looks like a trailer for a science fiction show about alienated humans who only have their chatbot to talk to.

    Gosh, I thought this might be an overstatement, but if anything it’s an understatement! What were they thinking? The way the camera frames the gadget is downright ominous! I expected that any moment the music would change and become foreboding as we get hints about the dark secret behind it all, then quick cuts and obligatory trailer horn sounds, finally announcing a summer 2026 release date in any cinema near you.

    Schiffman called Tab a “wearable mom.”

    A what??

  • BlueMonday1984@awful.systems
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    2 days ago

    Well done to Avi on blowing a pile of venture capital cash to make his own life feel a bit better. The rest of us will probably pass this one by.

    Money buys happiness, but he sure ain’t doing that right.