sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWeird Al Yankovic Turned Down “Nice Pile Of Money” For AI Ad: “I Can’t Be The Poster Boy For AI”deadline.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1633arrow-down16
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minus-squareWhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 days agoSince everybody wants AI cancelled nowadays, that’ll just be… Weird.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoI hadn’t heard about this. Somehow it doesn’t surprise me though.
minus-squareFluorineBalloon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoI think they’re saying people want to cancel ai, not AL - and playing on how in most fonts capital i and lowercase L look the same.
minus-squareFluorineBalloon@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI’m sorry you feel dumb, and you don’t need to - we all have our “whoosh” moments. I only intended to clear the air regarding my long time hero Weird Al.
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoI think that was the commenter’s intent, so don’t feel too bad
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat’s why I call it ‘a.i.’ because fuck giving that shit the honour of capitalising it, and also as someone that sometimes goes by Al (lowercase L).
Since everybody wants AI cancelled nowadays, that’ll just be… Weird.
I hadn’t heard about this. Somehow it doesn’t surprise me though.
I think they’re saying people want to cancel ai, not AL - and playing on how in most fonts capital i and lowercase L look the same.
Thanks. I feel dumb now.
I’m sorry you feel dumb, and you don’t need to - we all have our “whoosh” moments. I only intended to clear the air regarding my long time hero Weird Al.
I think that was the commenter’s intent, so don’t feel too bad
That’s why I call it ‘a.i.’ because fuck giving that shit the honour of capitalising it, and also as someone that sometimes goes by Al (lowercase L).