• WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    I’m often reminded of a bit on Top Gear years ago, when they were talking about “turbo” as a marketing tool in the 80s, when you could buy “turbo” sunglasses or “turbo” watches or “turbo” after-shave.

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      2 months ago

      These days it’s Pro. The word lost all meaning entirely. In the vast majority of products that are sold with this tag, it’s just a slightly better version of an enshittified product

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      2 months ago

      We need turbo smart AI things.

      Turbo smart AI potatoes. Turbo smart AI cigarettes. Turbo smart AI lamps. etc.

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    2 months ago

    And it’s usually the people with room temperature IQs (and I’m talking Celsius) calling everything AI. You know, the type who can’t recognize actual AI pictures and probably also thinks the Moon landings were faked