Democracy Dies in Darkness

AI doesn’t belong everywhere. Stop using a hammer to make lasagna.

Congrats for inventing an AI when a cookbook would do. And would you love a fast-food Siri at the drive-through window?

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March 28, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. EDT
A fake billboard ad for a chat bot for your toilet.
(Illustration by Elena Lacey/The Washington Post; iStock)
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At the dawn of every profound development in technology, you can count on the profoundly stupid, too.

Let me take you back in time to fart apps.