Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Deal: 'I Can't Be the Poster Boy for AI'
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#3Good on him. He saved his dignity.
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#4They should've gone to Larry David.
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#5Wonder if this was Salesforce
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#6He’s such a good guy
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#7My personal meme is to occasionally weigh in with a comment about one of his videos being "Al-generated content".
It is not my fault if people using sans-serif fonts get mad about it.
Re: Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Deal: 'I Can't Be the Poster Boy for AI'
#8Wonder if this was Salesforce
"Say Al" force.
Re: Weird Al Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Deal: 'I Can't Be the Poster Boy for AI'
#9My personal meme is to occasionally weigh in with a comment about one of his videos being "Al-generated content". It is not my fault if people using sans-serif fonts get mad about it.
I had noted a few weeks ago that Hacker News used a font without serifs, causing confusion. I'm not sure when they changed that, but there are now serifs on the capital I and lower case "l".
This headline is much less confusing for the change. Thanks.
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#10Best possible ad for Weird Al.
How did we get here? Why am I, a lifelong tech enthusiast, on a tech enthusiast board championing someone for resisting technology? I’ve been on HN for years but it’s starting to feel absurd ever since I’ve been out of sync with the whole AI thing. Thanks for listening to my Ted talk.