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



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


Talkie the toaster, a true menace.

Red Dwarf predicted the horrors of AI three decades ago.

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


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




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