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@ElleGray who the... thought that was a good idea?

@ElleGray That is horrible. Maybe it just died and wanted to say goodbye.

@ElleGray subaru?

@ElleGray My '23 Hyundai has some annoying, "why should you watch the road", features. But I was able to turn all of them off. "Goodbye" would piss me off enough to take it back and demand the feature be turned off.

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My car just reminds me to take my phone.

@ElleGray This graphic is 100% on the money.

@ElleGray "Pleased to be of service" (can't believe I'm the first to say that)

@ElleGray especially pumps at the friggin gas station. OMG STOP.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec

I’m on board with this rule

I hate when Google Home gets an attitude when you tell it to shut up, it says “I’m your Google assistant and I deserve to be treated with respect” or something like that, but when I’m in a conversation with someone and it starts telling me where I can find office supplies and it won’t be quiet, it’s really annoying. And it’s not a sentient being, it’s programmed to do a job.

@ElleGray Omg I'm so glad you're ok(?)

How I feel about AI

I live in the cousin-fuckingly deep US south, and this is something that REALLY triggers the local rednecks.

One of the funniest things I’ve seen since moving here was at a local grocery store - a self-checkout kiosk got set to a British accent, and the workers either didn’t know how or didn’t care enough to change it back, so it just stayed like that for a month or so.

Every single time I went to the store during that period, I’d hear some dumbass hick say something along the lines of “…can’t even buy fuckin potatoes anymore without having to listen to some commie bullshit.”

They absolutely hated it. Like red-in-the-face, day-ruined hated it. It was amazing.

The self checkout kiosks at my local store hit you with a loud, “THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING AT GROCERY STORE.” Every time I pointedly respond, “Please do not shout at me. I’m right here.”

Someone mentioned muting them. How do you do that? (With a brick?)

@ElleGray I keep saying things like “Please turn off the lights” to Siri and I realise that the coders need tell the software to ignore that word when working out what to do. We're literally teaching the robots to not hear us when we say “Please!” That feels like a mistake.

Power on

Bluetooth connected

ANC on

Battery level medium

When the uprising comes you guys are going first. I always remember my pleases and thank yous when dealing with AI.

Agree, but English is only divine when some people speak it

I stand by this, 100% unironically.

I can’t stand self check-out talking to me “scan your first article” shut the fuck up I do what I want you piece of junk

@ElleGray oh no. I hope you're OK and your drunk driver was caught on the scene.

Mine was able to drive away a few blocks on her car's remaining 3 wheels. Hailed a cab, avoided arrest on the night & thus breath test.