They act like software = ai
Such a joke
This pencil is made with graphene!
“It has a smooth finish, virtually indestructible, and it writes upside-down.” [None of these will be true] “Also, with our Ink Anytime subscription service, you’ll never run out of ink! It’s free…” [for the first six months] “for our lowest tier…” [three lines of text per day] “with an option to upgrade to a higher tier anytime.” [Puts pen in pocket] “We’re offering pre-orders with a $5 non-refundable deposit, with delivery expected sometime in the next six months depending on how soon you get on the waitlist.” [Two years until you give up and just let us keep your deposit] “So sign up now!”
Ah, early pioneers in PaPaaS (Pen and Paper as a Service).
There was some LLM-powered pen in the makings, I haven’t heard about it since. Was part of the Rabbit/AI Pin style of AI junk.
The answer to the original riddle is “Sure, can I have your phone to make a demonstration. Great. I’ll sell the phone and pen back as a package deal for $100.”
This is theft of the phone, so it does accurately demonstrate how corporations work.
I always thought a good one was to put the pen in your pocket and refuse to give it back. Make him name his price. Clearly it’s yours, not his. Otherwise how could you sell it to him?
To a person like that a mere pen is basically worthless as a hostage.
Thats exactly the kind of unethical salesmanship he used to hire for.
No no, i said sell it to me, not make me want to huck it into the nearest bin!!!
It shocks you when you make a grammatical or spelling mistake.
Remember when that janitorial company changed its name to include the term CRYPTO and it’s stock went through the roof and the SEC investigated them for fraud?
I can’t find the story unfortunately
Could it be related to Long Blockchain Corp?
It’s like the late ‘90s where they tried to connect every common activity to the internet, like bar codes in the newspaper for coupons online.
They got it “right” when they stopped trying to make non-internet things direct you to the internet and just moved the non-internet things to the internet.
Now they’re trying to cram AI into everything. What’s the next step…moving your brain into the AI?
Moving the “AI” into your brain, rather
I had to talk to some company’s chatbot yesterday that was just if/else powered. That sure was cumbersome to do. It couldn’t even tell me the company’s mailing address.
I was forced to use bing while searching for some info on the internet, when I’d click on what looked like a useful result, I would instead get CoPilot slowly summarizing the info I needed back to me, and obscuring the source… Who the fuck though that was a good idea?
That’s when they don’t want you to bother them with shit you could’ve read on their website (or a more restricted FAQ), but also care about not telling you bullshit. So rather than going full AI with hallucinations and what not, they give you predetermined answers in a “friendly” AI-ish way.
My hammer and screwdriver are AI powered.
Six years ago: “It’s blockchain-powered!”
Ten years ago ‘‘Now new GREEN liquid dish soap!’’
26 months ago: “it’s nft powered”
I’m too young to have one of these when I was a kid, but it probably has some “Ai” in there… https://youtu.be/NtnX-updkvE?si=dV_1bIuE_3Oxbd-K
The AI arm race has done so much damage to the environment and is creating more ewaste also. It sucks.
I’ve seen a DankPods video about an “AI powered” rice cooker, turns out it was a marketing tactic to sell more of them. It’s actually just an ordinary rice cooker.
It’s younger than 25.
AI is the new HD
Can’t wait for Xx_MinecraftPvPer_xX_AI
Classic MBA holders. They don’t understand where their companies profitably comes from and why, and are just trying to squeeze out profits. What parasites. Ah if I could deworm them. Individually. Up the butt kek. With actual dewormer. Maybe they’d get their act together.
I have never heard this phrased with such accuracy and succinctness. 10/10, ty.
