AI - we are doomed

[jeepinmatt]

Not AI per se but along the same lines of useless tech

"The refrigerator is dead": Samsung's AI fridges shut down after update, causes outrage

Samsung has stopped a SmartThings update after Bespoke AI 4-Door fridges shut down when it was installed. As per reports, internal test software reached customers by mistake. Samsung has apologized and will send engineers over the Chuseok break.

www.notebookcheck.net

A fridge that could be shut down remotely? What could possibly go wrong?

 

[RatLabGuy]

 

[benXJ]

I've gone many decades without AI, up to and including yesterday
I'd be fine

 

[kaiser715]

Building permit issued in Lee County....

Planning department issues data center permit

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department has issued a permit for construction of a data center on Lower Moncure Road, The Rant has learned. The permit, date…

rantnc.com

 

[RatLabGuy]

 

[kaiser715]

If the county has to say this out loud, in this way: "...and no member of this Board or any Administrative staff member has received any money, kickbacks, promises, or other improper incentives concerning this project whatsoever", then I trust them LESS than I did before.

https://rantnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/26_10-1-Data-Center-Statement.pdf

 

[RatLabGuy]

techspot.com/news/114091-florida-woman-used-claude-diary-anthropic-reported-shoot.html

 

[RatLabGuy]

And more on why remotely controlled appliances can be bad

Hackers turn supermarket fridges up to 122 degrees forcing stores to throw away food - Dexerto

Hundreds of French supermarkets have been hit by a cyberattack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, forcing retailers to dump stock.

www.dexerto.com

 

[RatLabGuy]

 

[OnlyOneDR]

MSN

 

[RatLabGuy]

MSN

I'd like to buy that man a beer