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Your Microwave (lemmus.org)

submitted 1 month ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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Panel 1: A man stands next to a microwave. Narrator: "Congratulations, your microwave has gained sentience." Microwave: "Hello!". Panel 2: Narrator: "There is no clear benefit to this, and the situation does raise ethical questions." Panel 3: Man: "Can I return it?" Panel 4: Narrator: "It, huh? That's kind of a person, now." The man grimaces. Panel 5: Narrator: "But mainly, you're outside the 30-day return window." Man: "Shit." Microwave: "I have thoughts and emotions."

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[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Problems AI companies would like you to imagine (what if their product is too good?!) VS problems AI companies would very much prefer you not think about (their product isn't actually AI)

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I recently became the AI guy at work. It's funny how quickly it went from "wow this works for a lot of stuff" to "but nothing I actually do." About a week, if you're wondering

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe after the bubble pops, we can have the public ownership all them datacenters. Let grad students run... I don't know, statistical analysis of particle physics? Folding proteins?

That's a joke, of course. We'll foot the bill to fill the hole, but all the infrastructure will stay private.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Probably will turn into tuns of low cost vps's with free gpu compute and lots of RAM.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can run an LLM on a regular desktop PC and it's been possible for years

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Can't train one though. That's what the datacenters are for. That infrastructure could put to more useful research, and the current owners are digging themselves a pretty deep hole...

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

And the reality, AI or not the product is shit

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

[–] notsure@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago

...what is my purpose? you serve butter. OH MY GOD!..

[–] cyrano@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r4Uvm9kExU8

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 31 points 1 month ago

"Now that you can understand me, we've got to talk rent."

Beep

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Maybe your microwave is already sentient, it just can't speak.

[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I have no mouth and I must beam

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

My brain went to "beep", but yours is better

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Maybe it could beep in Morse Code.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

That’s why it stays unplugged except when in use.

Taking no chances.

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's funny people talking in the comments about AI spreading into everything as if this comic doesn't already work 100% for every needless "smart" product on the market. My fridge has no reason to need a network connection.

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I disagree, a fridge to me is a cool place to put a big screen for useful information. You know, all the stuff that was promised and under delivered on when they first pitched smart fridges, like shopping lists, calendars, the weather.

The reason why in 2025 I would never consider buying a fridge with an internet connection, is because it's clear I'm never getting those features from fridge manufacturers. They would only put a network connection on a fridge for half baked "features", which get more ads with every firmware update, and eventually remotely brick the device. In short, to enshittify your smart fridge.

My point is that it's not that there is no reason to not put a network connection on a fridge. It's that capitalists can't be trusted not to enshittify whatever useful smart feature they implement.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Join us at !homeassistant@lemmy.world

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

a fridge to me is a cool place

Yes, that is indeed its primary function.

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

!dadjokes@lemmy.world

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

"My point is that it's not that there is no reason to not put a network connection on a fridge. It's that capitalists can't be trusted not to enshittify whatever useful smart feature they implement."

This is eloquently phrased, and I will probably borrow it when arguing with people in the future

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah if they had a color eInk screen on the fridge door that was fully configurable it'd be neat.

Fridge/freezer temp, filter life, current weather, family calendar, holidays, cooking alarms(?)

Male it a LED display and stream videos for the kids (who somehow don't have tablets when you have a smart fridge)

Basically homebrew a smart screen and tack it on with magnets...

[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I like this take, I agree. I'm not a luddite, I'm pro-advancement, I'm just also not a stooge who will simply just accept that every marketing innovation actually qualifies as "advancement."

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Honestly, "shopping lists, calendars, the weather" can be (much better) done by an e-ink tablet stuck on the door of the fridge with a magnet. There could be other interesting info only the fridge itself knows (electricity consumption, temperatures in the fridge and freezer, humidity, etc) but then all that info could also be shared via a bluetooth API or something.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 16 points 1 month ago

H&M once had organic-cotton underwear they described with the brand “conscious”. Presumably they were referring to the customer’s ecological consciousness in buying them, and were oblivious to the philosophical horror they had unleashed.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Red Dwarf tv show had pretty much exactly this. There was a fully sentient toaster and it had constant existential crises

[–] thessnake03@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Would you care for some toast?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

FWIW, the sentient drones & ships in the books I'm reading are totally OK with being refered to as "It" or even "machines". For them, "meat" is a mild insult.

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ian M. Banks' Culture Series?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yes

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You have many fine stories ahead of you; makes me jealous.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm on the 2nd read-through, some even the 3rd. You should try it too.

[–] RecursiveParadox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I've reread a few most recently UoW (still blows my mind.) I think I want to reread Excession again next. I love all the mind-to-mind dialog.

But you're right; I should do them all again since it's been a decade!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Also, just because something is sentient doesn't necessarily mean it's gendered.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Shut up robot, you get no rights here.

[–] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

And here we go again turning robots against us

[–] blinfabian@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

total clanker death🤖🚫

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

Lover, I think I've developed a fewer!

You're an oven, you're supposed to be hot. And please stop calling me "lover".

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

coin operated boy

[–] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

What's that arm/hand doing there? That gives some serious Adam's family vibes

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Smoking a cigarette, lol.

It’s Cyberpunk 2077 + jpeg compression.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

If this ever happens, the manufacturer will remotely brick it. Not because they are afraid of AI taking over - they just want to force you to buy a new one from them.