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Zuckerberg hailed AI ‘superintelligence’. Then his smart glasses failed on stage | Matthew Cantor (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 209 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Very good and entertaining article

To a layperson, at least, it seems that consumer technology has long since entered an era of solutions in search of problems – particularly troubling at a time when the world is facing so many genuinely intractable crises. As entertaining as it is to watch our tech overlords flounder on stage, it raises bigger questions, such as: who exactly asked for this, beyond the billionaires cashing in? And: can we just not?

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 143 points 1 week ago (12 children)

"can we just not?"

I feel this deep in my soul. Every day. Multiple times a day.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (9 children)

It's bleak because of how hard this stuff is being pushed.

I got to laugh off the Metaverse because it flopped long before it could be forced down my throat. I looked askance at Crypto, but broadly avoided it without consequence. Now I've vendors injecting AI into their tech support service, and it isn't something I can wave away anymore.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Crypto's only use for me is making it universally easy to pay every tech/vpn company I deal with.

beyond that, people launder money, buy drugs and do darkweb shit with a minority of privacy folks harping privacytokens like Monero.

I'd love if Steam took BTC and people selling used items online embraced it. The grocery store? Ehhhhhhhhh. Nah.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The grocery store? Ehhhhhhhhh. Nah.

If my banks services were seamlessly replaced by a cheaper, faster crypto service then I would not complain.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Crypto is much faster than an international wire and cheaper for sending less than $5000

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The shift will happen when the user can't tell the difference.

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