AI powered microwave.

[stormygleason@hachyderm.io]

@futurebird if the AI can't melt butter without putting half of it on the ceiling, there's no real innovation

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@lefou23 @futurebird

That one turns your microwave into a potato

[lefou23@c.im]

@gbargoud @futurebird
In that case, I’ll wait until I’m hungrier.

[wonka@chaos.social]

My microwave has no buttons, only two spinny things - power and time. That's enough.

@billyjoebowers @futurebird

[billyjoebowers@mastodon.online]

@wonka @futurebird

That's how it should be.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@billyjoebowers @wonka

My mom has a 40 year old microwave that's still great.

I do not own one. They are kind of a waste of space in a small apartment and I am a stove and toaster oven enjoyer.

[pseudonym@mastodon.online]

@futurebird

What is it with the microwave popcorn producers always telling you to "For the love of God, do not use the popcorn button!"

Every package says to not use it. What's up with that?

[petabites@mastodon.world]

@futurebird

I want an AI-powered microwave that runs a 15 second self-cleaning operation to interfere with the 2.4MHz band, every time it detects someone connecting a legacy 802.11n device or router next door that invades the air space here...

[femme_mal@mstdn.social]

@futurebird And then the microwave manufacturer starts sending you emails every day.

"We see you enjoyed our AI-enhanced popcorn experience. Why not try our AI-enhanced refrigerated beverage experience?"

"We see you enjoyed AI-enabled refrigerated beverages and popcorn. You might be interested in our AI-boosted digital scale."

And then emails to everyone in contacts, "[A] enjoyed our AI-enhanced popcorn experience. Here's a discount to join [A] next movie night."

Ugh.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@femme_mal

They just want to know what you eat and when so they can somehow raise the price on it all. Ghouls.

[femme_mal@mstdn.social]

@futurebird Or get you to buy more of whatever vertical market they're pushing.

"We see you enjoyed popcorn during [streamed movie]. Here are the other movies popular in your area with AI-enhanced popcorn eaters."

"We see you enjoyed five popcorn-worthy movies this month. Perhaps you'd like to upgrade to our AI-enabled automatic popcorn popper microwave, synced to your movie streaming."

[gary_alderson@infosec.exchange]

@futurebird @troublewithwords well yeah unless you are looking for diy havanna syndrome #firebirds

[jrdepriest@infosec.exchange]

@troublewithwords @futurebird have you heard of @pluralistic novella "Unauthorized Bread"? Cause that's basically what happens.

[fish4203@tech.lgbt]

@futurebird
And it still won't be as good as the sharp carousel multiple choice

[relet@flipping.rocks]

@futurebird @troublewithwords

Excellent thinking! Let me generate a targeted setting for drying your hamster.

[jirikiha@raphus.social]

@pseudonym @futurebird i wish to know this as well. Why have a popcorn button if we're not supposed to use it?
Maybe #TechnologyConnections has an answer?

[artfulmodder@infosec.exchange]

@futurebird

[the5thcolumnist@ottawa.place]

@futurebird

So I assume you just put whatever in the microwave and it knows what it is and knows better than you what you want done with it ?

[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]

@futurebird

replacing a demonstrably bad algorithm (popcorn button) with an even more random setting via AI is definitely not progress. i can only imagine what kind of burned mess you might wind up scraping out of your microwave before you try to kill the stench it caused in your kitchen...

[cinebox@masto.hackers.town]

@futurebird shit I just realized the techbro science fair already exists, it’s called CES