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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If Xbox execs were good at decision-making, there wouldn't be so many laid-off workers to begin with. Let's replace them with AI. Even if the chatbots aren't any better, the cost savings might at least prevent a few layoffs of positions with less bloated salaries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn't it be better at that if your top-level comment contained the information directly instead of a question that may or may not go unanswered?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICEBlock climbs to the top of the App Store charts after officials slam it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It's not on Android because they couldn't do it without collecting some info. Seems like mobile-first web site would have been the obvious choice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cloudflare’s New Tool Lets Sites Charge AI Crawlers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of when ads broke me of my habit of watching hours of television every night. I could totally get behind paying for 3 sites and ignoring the rest of the internet at some point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not exactly “slop” if people are listening to it and presumably enjoying it.

  I don't agree with the logic. People listening to the music doesn't mean they necessarily enjoy it, just hate it enough not to skip, were at the skip limit for their free account, etc. People listen to ads too, and nobody enjoys those.

  "AI slop" came into common usage with the onslaught of ai-generated articles. They only got so popular because somebody was out there clicking on them enough to generate ad revenue. It's a leap to assume that means they're reading, much less enjoying them. I think the same applies here, and "slop" is reasonable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Illuminator Advert - Game Boy Accessory⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure the kid doesn't even have a seat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Illuminator Advert - Game Boy Accessory⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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