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druidity33

(6,880 posts)
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:22 PM Feb 2025

Multiple Commercials during the Superbowl hawking AI...

Anyone else notice this? All proclaiming they will somehow make our lives easier with their App or product?

I'm not buying it. Literally.



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druidity33

(6,880 posts)
5. I wonder if that's true...
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:30 PM
Feb 2025

they all seemed weirdly not very useful. Finding vacation spots for me? Or booking restaurant reservations based on my tastes?



yellow dahlia

(5,205 posts)
11. I am trying to confirm, and am getting conflicting data.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:42 PM
Feb 2025

So I am going to remove my post for now, because I choose to be excruciatingly correct.

kimbutgar

(26,984 posts)
3. I don't ever do voice commands on my TV remote nor cell phone.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:26 PM
Feb 2025

I guess Hal from 2001 space odyssey scared me on AI when I was young!

And just saw a movie from 1957 The Invisible Boy about a computer taking over a boy and a robot to do his bidding.


Oh hell no!

William Gustafson

(543 posts)
9. I was surprised to find out my cell phone company is partnering up with Skylink...
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:36 PM
Feb 2025

I'll be looking for a new cell service tomorrow... T-Mobile is now hooking up with Leon Musk (POTUS)... nope!!!

druidity33

(6,880 posts)
10. I noticed that too...
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:41 PM
Feb 2025

I use Cricket and have been happy with their service. But i have been tempted enough to look into those "free" iPhone Pro deals that seem to keep popping up. Subsidized hogwash. You're just paying the phone off in an installment plan.

Oh well.

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