I’m not going to say they’re not real or not sentient. But I will absolutely say that they are selfish. They lack the empathy required to understand how things will affect others. They lack the willingness to sacrifice for the greater good. They lack the humility required to understand that they could be wrong, and the critical reasoning required to change their views in the face of new evidence.

Almost every conservative I’ve ever met is either extremely rich or lives in microcosm. Hell, I’ve got extended family that have never travelled outside of their hometown and anything foreign or different to them is either ridiculed or shunned.

They want a social hierarchy, and they want their place in it preserved. God forbid people get equitable standing.

They can be used on each of the following carrier’s: AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon (except for prepaid plans and Number Share), Ting, Mint, US Mobile.

So, I’m not sure what you mean by providers who give “free upgrades”…

It’s cheaper than most smart phones and does everything you need it to do without games and social media.

A Light Phone or Light phone 2 is capable of doing literally everything you need from a smart phone without the bloat and distraction. It’s legitimate with most service providers as well.

There’s viable options out there that aren’t “flip phones”.

I believe you can actually get a refund for the remaining time if you cancel it now.

Hey! Would you be willing to sell some of them? Looking at setting up a server at home that some of my friends and neighbors can use. I was going to buy them brand new, but I’d be fine with used if your interested in getting rid of some of them.

“some” hacker.

Totally not involved with the government at all.

Totally not tipped off about how to access it and where to put it.

Totally just some random hacker that managed to make off with all of that government money. Oh well, we tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas.

Apologies citizens, your money is truly gone.

…and they make SOOO much money because of it. Companies are buying into it to push their results higher using SEO words and phrases to help.

Highly dependent on your industry and location. There’s a lot of people still on actual minimum wage. And it sucks…

AI is whatever tech companies say it is. They aren’t saying it for the people, like you, that knows it’s horseshit. They are saying it for the investors, politicians, and ignorant folks. They are essentially saying that “AI” (cue jazz hands and glitter) can fix all of their problems, so don’t stop investing in us.

Would it be okay if I traced every bit of public data about you, including your name, address, cellphone, familial information, work history, and online social media history etc, put it into a nice little package and put it online? I mean, I’d only be doxxing you with publicly available information that was easily linked from your profile. Would it be okay if I go the next step and gather your DNA from a publicly available location? All I need is a quick strand of hair.

I mean it’s public. Anyone can find this information with a little effort…or do you feel have some sort of right to privacy? I understand not wanting any of this information broadcast to the public…but it is public information.

That “Eat the Rich” slogan is going places.

Can I get the equivalent length in adolescent ring-tail lemurs?

The absolute dumbest of takes.

All anyone has to do is say, “…it’s for the children,” and you just line up, ready to sign away your rights and privacy.

The whole shake up seemed to be caused by whatever their latest development was. Like, no matter the cost, sort of levels of craziness. Sort of surprised no one ended up dead.

I doubt it’s true AI, but if they are acting like this, it has to be leaps and bounds more powerful than GPT4, and that should be pretty fucking scary.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a majority of the content is already freely downloadable from somewhere…

Rich person complaining about other rich person being scummier than them and getting ahead.

“They got away with more than me, how’s that fair,” questions Tech CEO.

It’s cutting edge, on the verge, or at the forefront of something.

X is used a lot in Prototyping and Experimental designations or higher end products (see Aerospace and chipset architecture). In a more “Layman’s” Sense I would also assume that people associate it with being “Extreme/X-treme”

My bots boys are about to make so much money for me.

Whaaaat? How was this not massive news!? How many people did this affect?

It’s easier to see the impressiveness of it when you realize that it collects 10% more energy than the current designs on the market. Yeah, that’s a huge jump. Typically you only see less than 1-2% jumps in any given technology unless you develop a really novel approach (which is what this seems like).