Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoRestaurant Uses AI for Menu, Accidentally Describes Appetizer in Way So Disgusting That We May Never Recoverfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down116
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minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHere’s what we do. We all stop buying. Stop buying what? Yes. Stop. Line goes down until they stop.
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 days agoThey’re bundling AI into everything, from operating systems to office software. No one is buying anything when they’re forcing it down our throats in things we already own.
minus-square𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoThere’s this service if you don’t care about exclusively using open source alternatives, and this one if you do. The options are out there. They’re not always a 1:1 to the paid software, but they are out there.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·edit-23 days agoIf boycotts actually worked, we wouldn’t have these sorts of problems in the first place. “Just don’t buy it” is a cancerous thought-terminating cliche, not a solution!
Here’s what we do. We all stop buying.
Stop buying what?
Yes.
Stop.
Line goes down until they stop.
They’re bundling AI into everything, from operating systems to office software. No one is buying anything when they’re forcing it down our throats in things we already own.
There’s this service if you don’t care about exclusively using open source alternatives, and this one if you do.
The options are out there. They’re not always a 1:1 to the paid software, but they are out there.
If boycotts actually worked, we wouldn’t have these sorts of problems in the first place.
“Just don’t buy it” is a cancerous thought-terminating cliche, not a solution!