• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Screaming is well and good to build public opinion against this stupidity, but all the CEOs in their towers will heed is no sales.

    We need to make it uncool to like or tolerate AI bullshit in consumer products.

    If you have friends, and they show you their new fridge with a touch screen, don’t be polite. Tell them it’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever seen, and then mock them for choosing it every chance you get. And, no, I don’t have friends anymore (but, this is not why).

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      Heckling your friends after they dropped $3k on some sloppy fridge is kinda cruel. Advise them hard when they ask for advice - here’s where you say “everyone will laugh” and “stupidest idea” - but commiserate when they realize what they’ve got.

      You want to be in a position to offer advice for the next sloppy purchase.

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      Hilarious. I bite my tongue so often around these kinds of situations it has permanent tooth imprints in it. But you’re right, someone needs to figure out how to get them to stop tolerating this horrific nonsense.