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hatrack

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2. Or maybe his marks, er, customers will refuse to buy "smart glasses", and refrain from using AI . . .

Reply to -misanthroptimist (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:49 AM

21 hrs ago

They might even vote out government officials who shovel tax dollars to those vital, vital AI data centers. They might avoid "smart" appliances and switch back to flip phones and tell this Qualcomm clown and his tech-bro ilk to go and fuck themselves.

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'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices [View all] highplainsdem 21 hrs ago OP

Well... -misanthroptimist 21 hrs ago #1

Or maybe his marks, er, customers will refuse to buy "smart glasses", and refrain from using AI . . . hatrack 21 hrs ago #2

That'll work, too. -misanthroptimist 20 hrs ago #3

In 1859, there was exactly one important service that depended on electricity . . . hatrack 19 hrs ago #4

Long term planning is just one... -misanthroptimist 19 hrs ago #5

That's for sure PatSeg 18 hrs ago #9

That won't happen... lame54 11 hrs ago #12

Resistance is not futile. Prairie_Seagull 19 hrs ago #6

And as long as we're talking tech-bro fantasies . . . hatrack 18 hrs ago #7

I agree. I'm not going to fall for their propaganda. And I'll do all I can to make others aware of highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #11

I know you will. Prairie_Seagull 11 hrs ago #14

And make a wrong move durablend 18 hrs ago #8

did he cackle and wring his hands? eShirl 18 hrs ago #10

Sounding like the Borg worked well enough to show he's a crazy villain, so the Register's headline highplainsdem 11 hrs ago #13

It only works with the proper soundtrack . . . hatrack 10 hrs ago #17

Leave the devices at home quaker bill 11 hrs ago #15

What that idiot CEO is talking about is everyone being recorded by everyone else's devices, with highplainsdem 10 hrs ago #18

F*ck that misuse of a Star Trek quote. Intractable 10 hrs ago #16