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 Would you ask Facebook AI Snoop Dogg for frozen yogurt suggestions?

Tech companies seem to be ignoring an essential question: What is all this AI for, anyway? 

"Meta this week unveiled AI that lets you chat with virtual likenesses of celebrities. 

"But in their zeal to outgun each other with AI, companies have overpromised and underdelivered..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/29/ai-doesnt-work-alexa/ 
 @f740824b everyone is quitting Facebook so they need robot rappers playing dungeon master to fill up the hole. That's the only thing that makes any sense of it.