Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction

rightbyte 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People not into music does not seem to actually listen to the lyrics. Like, Springsteens Born in the USA etc. It is really strange. The lyrics doesn't even have to be subtle.

	▲	sidewndr46 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"pumped up kicks" comes to mind

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sebmellen 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

	▲	caminanteblanco 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nearly as inane as choosing saviour machine

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rceDia 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Perhaps a knowledgeable "insider" purposely selected the song as a warning "flare"..or perhaps the marketing folks are clueless.

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qlte 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It reminds me of those substanceless Veridian Dynamics ads on Better Off Ted.

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Slow_Hand 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They 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.”

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pwdisswordfishq 16 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

At this point, I would not be surprised if they did it on purpose.

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blitzar 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They are nothing if not honest about what they think of their customers and what their ambitions are.

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Dependance 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"dumb fucks" ? Wouldn't be new. https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2010/05/14/facebook-foun...

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cedws 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Zuckerberg's got his bunker ready.

	▲	blitzar 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You see a bunker - I see a spaceship to return home.

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dude250711 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The real humour is Meta thinking it will be a meaningful part of AI future...

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Grimblewald 19 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	drweevil 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yup. Look at Palantir. What government wouldn't want an All Seeing Eye of Sauron? Their client list is telling.

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notabotiswear 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's a game for those with the most cash to burn, and Zuck has that cash (or the ridiculous and numerous equivalents the financers/economists come up with whenever the old set of Monopoly currencies come up short).

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lardosaurusrex 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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