Out of all of Bowie’s songs, why would you choose Five Years for this? So daft.
You could have picked something like Rebel Rebel or Changes which are more positive songs that actually fit your message. Truly absurd.
Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
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Re: Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
#12At this point, I would not be surprised if they did it on purpose.
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#13Perhaps a knowledgeable "insider" purposely selected the song as a warning "flare"..or perhaps the marketing folks are clueless.
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#14They are nothing if not honest about what they think of their customers and what their ambitions are.
"dumb fucks" ? Wouldn't be new.
https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2010/05/14/facebook-foun...
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#15The real humour is Meta thinking it will be a meaningful part of AI future...
unfortunately one of the main applications of current wave "AI", in the long term, is going to be mass surveillance. Meta is a big player on that front.
Yup. Look at Palantir. What government wouldn't want an All Seeing Eye of Sauron? Their client list is telling.
Re: Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
#16Out of all of Bowie’s songs, why would you choose Five Years for this? So daft. You could have picked something like Rebel Rebel or Changes which are more positive songs that actually fit your message. Truly absurd.
Nearly as inane as choosing saviour machine
Re: Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
#17It reminds me of those substanceless Veridian Dynamics ads on Better Off Ted.
Re: Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
#18They had to have had _some_ inkling, considering one of the lyrics is “a cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and a queer threw up at the sight of that.”
Re: Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
#19It reminds me of those substanceless Veridian Dynamics ads on Better Off Ted.
Great show, great reference.