• hayvan@piefed.world
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    13 hours ago

    “Why does a toaster need internet connection?”
    “So it can receive firmware updates.”
    “Why does it need any updates?”
    “Security patches because of the internet connectivity.”

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          I mean… I don’t think long-chain gluten molecules can do computations. But, there are other ways to combine AI and bread. There’s all that waste heat being generated by AI computations. It could be used for baking…

          I bet people would be a lot less opposed to datacenters if everyone of them had a bakery built in and the delicious scent of sourdough wafted out whenever anybody was making out with their AI waifu.

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      “What benefit does the Internet connection offer?”

      “You can make toast remotely.”

      “but don’t I have to put bread in?”

      “…”

      “don’t I need to be there to eat it?”

      “…”