Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices

Post by temp0826 » Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 7:40 AM UTC

tinix wrote: post #58

SoftTalker wrote: post #35

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Or a mischievous or disgruntled employee did it, or gave the password to someone.

The manual says the default password is 1234

Post by _Algernon_ » Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 8:14 AM UTC

XorNot wrote: post #67

idle_zealot wrote: post #66

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Yeah, PSAs are dystopian, ads designed to get me to act against my best interests are the sign of a functioning non-dystopian society.

I really do not understand people complaining about PSAs. Like learn some emotional maturity? If you weren't going to do the thing they're asking you not to do, then the message wasn't directed at you and you can go about your day just fine.

Post by UberFly » Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 8:23 AM UTC

drillsteps5 wrote: post #72

Absolutely random thought semi-related to the topic. This is one of the better voice clones of Musk but it's still really bad because he never lost his whatever accent, and every voice clone I've heard (mostly the ones on fake Starship launch videos) speaks with perfect American accent. Something to think about I guess :)

Post by mattigames » Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 8:56 AM UTC

userbinator wrote: post #113

Political satire is the best form of satire, but someone should hack them in the other direction too.

Post by chgs » Sun, Apr 20, 2025, 9:10 AM UTC

ccppurcell wrote: post #111

XorNot wrote: post #67

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I really do not understand people complaining about PSAs. Like learn some emotional maturity? If you weren't going to do the thing they're asking you not to do, then the message wasn't directed at you and you can go about your day just fine.

Some British right wing journalist/politician made a splash complaining about health and safety announcements and signs on the underground recently. I think the issue they have is that it's a tacit admission that we have a responsibility to other people, individually and collectively. And not just to those who pay us or who we can benefit from, but to humanity as a whole.