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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·3 days agoRemember when everybody was making “smart” toasters and fridges and shit with cameras or WiFi for absolutely no reason. This is that all over again. Nobody needs “AI” in their water kettles, dryers, or dildos.
minus-squareGeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago“This is just plain fuckin’ stupid. Your neighbor gets a dildo that plays ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’ and you wanna get one too!”
minus-squaremctoasterson@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoDildo-as-a-Service
minus-squareInternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 days agoBut if I don’t have a toilet AI how will I remember what I had to eat the other day for less than $4.99/mo?
minus-squareanus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 days agoThis is a pretty good take imo Like AI, IoT is an important and lasting technology But too many businesses and products jumped on a misguided bandwagon to pull stupid uniformed VC money
Remember when everybody was making “smart” toasters and fridges and shit with cameras or WiFi for absolutely no reason.
This is that all over again.
Nobody needs “AI” in their water kettles, dryers, or dildos.
“This is just plain fuckin’ stupid. Your neighbor gets a dildo that plays ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’ and you wanna get one too!”
Dildo-as-a-Service
But if I don’t have a toilet AI how will I remember what I had to eat the other day for less than $4.99/mo?
This is a pretty good take imo
Like AI, IoT is an important and lasting technology
But too many businesses and products jumped on a misguided bandwagon to pull stupid uniformed VC money