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Tired of AI, people are committing to the analog lifestyle (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 3 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/antisocialmedia@piefed.social

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With our homes and lives swarming with AI-powered devices, assistants and chatbots, a backlash is brewing.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 52 points 3 months ago (16 children)

You don't have to have smart shit.

I specifically buy dumb things so I don't have to deal with this spying bullshit.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (8 children)

It was an actual issue when I was looking for a dumb ceiling fan that could be speed controlled from a wall switch. I didn't want a remote, I didn't want the bullshit non-servicable integrated light, I didn't want a wireless remote, and I sure as shit didn't want any wireless or Bluetooth built in... It took going direct to the manufacturer and buying a discontinued model to get that. Absolutely fucking crazy. The light on one of the fans at my mom's house died and because its a built in led module, on a 5ish year old fan, they aren't made anymore, and you can't just swap it with an off the shelf setup because it uses some crazy non-consumer available connector.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

A lot of them are going to brushless DC motors now and 10v led dimmers so if you try jacking that into 110v you have a single use smoke machine.

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