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[RobotToaster]

I'm beginning to think Commander Adama had the right idea about networks on ships.

[lp0_on_fire → RobotToaster]

I’m beginning to think that idea needs to be applied to a lot more than just ships.

I’ll write more about it once I figure out why my smart refrigerator is showing me porn instead of the weather.

[BitwiseFool → lp0_on_fire]

The refrigerator is a distraction, the toaster is the real threat.

[shiroiushi → BitwiseFool]

>the toaster is the real threat.

HN is not a place for this kind of racist language.

[CoastalCoder → BitwiseFool]

Okay, I'll bite. What's the reference?

[supercoffee → CoastalCoder]

Toaster was a pejorative term used to refer to the Cylons, the race of robots at war with humanity in Battlestar Galactica.

[spitfire → CoastalCoder]

Talkie the toaster, a true menace.

Red Dwarf predicted the horrors of AI three decades ago.

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

[RecycledEle → spitfire]

That reminds me of the nag until I accidentally fat-finger the "OK" button EULAs, especially on "smart" TVs.

[m463 → RobotToaster]

If only the crewmembers would maintain the airgap with the sexy computers.

[waldrews → RobotToaster]

All this has happened before and will happen again.

[shiroiushi → waldrews]

So say we all.