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[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

automated grooming is just what progress is and you have to accept it. it's like the printing press

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

AI finally allowing grooming at scale is the kind of thing I'd expect to be the setup for a joke about Silicon Valley libertarians, not something that's actually happening.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Just needs a guy who goes "if we don't build the automated grooming machine, somebody else will".

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I heard the Chinese have a grooming machine that... actually I don't think I want to finish that joke.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ah yes the (Content warning, Jordan B peterson, and NSFW) Jordan B Peterson china tweet. And yes, it was real, don't detox from drugs people!

[–] hrrrngh@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hi, guys. My name is Roy. And for the most evil invention in the world contest, I invented a child molesting robot. It is a robot designed to molest children.

You see, it's powered by solar rechargeable fuel cells and it costs pennies to manufacture. It can theoretically molest twice as many children as a human molester in, quite frankly, half the time.

At least The Rock's child molesting robot didn't require dedicated nuclear power plants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NgUhEs1R4