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I’m beginning to think that idea needs to be applied to a lot more than just ships. I’ll write more about it once I figure out why my smart refrigerator is sho

I’m beginning to think that idea needs to be applied to a lot more than just ships. I’ll write more about it once I figure out why my smart refrigerator is showing me porn instead of the weather.

BitwiseFool 3y ago
The refrigerator is a distraction, the toaster is the real threat.
- CoastalCoder 3y ago
  Okay, I'll bite. What's the reference?
  - supercoffee 3y ago
    Toaster was a pejorative term used to refer to the Cylons, the race of robots at war with humanity in Battlestar Galactica.
  - spitfire 3y ago
    Talkie the toaster, a true menace. Red Dwarf predicted the horrors of AI three decades ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec
    - RecycledEle 3y ago
      That reminds me of the nag until I accidentally fat-finger the "OK" button EULAs, especially on "smart" TVs.
- shiroiushi 3y ago
  >the toaster is the real threat. HN is not a place for this kind of racist language.