TechTakes @awful.systems David Gerard @awful.systems 4w ago

Onion: Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI

www.theonion.com Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI

SAN MATEO, CA—After spending the past three decades of his life being totally unable and unwilling to engage in any meaningful way with the world around him, James Parker, a local guy who sucks at being a person, told reporters Thursday that he saw huge potential in AI. “While it’s still in its earl...

The Onion @midwest.social seahorse [Ohio] @midwest.social 8mo ago

Guy Who Sucks At Being A Person Sees Huge Potential In AI

www.theonion.com /guy-who-sucks-at-being-a-person-sees-huge-potential-in-1850488022

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alright well now we have the perfect response to half the people who pop in from lemmy.world
- look i think u need 2 approach this ishew with NUANCE
  
  brb engraving NUANCE on this ~~baseball~~ cluebat. what's that, "why?", oh.. no reason..
- Banned users could be auto-redirected to this article
- I haven't seen any issues from this instance. Actually, now we're talking about it, I see very, very few AI and crypto bros on Lemmy.
  
  It's actually very nice.
  
  the banhammer is strong in our admins.
- ... There are people on lemmy who think "AI" has merit? Almost everything I see is how shit it is. Which I thought was, well... because it IS shit.
  
  Honestly waiting for them to show up and post their absolutely rancid takes is about 20-40% of the fun of this place
- :(
This headline works in a totally different direction as well.
I was thinking of this skeet "Giant self-help huckster Tony Robbins is getting in on the AI game. Perfect."
- Shilling AI has much fewer downsides that walking on coals I guess
Overall a bit too on the nose for my taste, but the final sentence brought it back, stellar landing.

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