Tuesday, April 04, 2023

Furby Admits It



That little robot had to think about it a minute, but then went ahead and told us exactly what we did not want to hear. When Furbys became the "it" toy 25 years ago, they creeped us out. These toys spoke a language you couldn't understand, but over time they learned to communicate in the language they heard and said some pretty personal things to you or your child. All these years later, technology has given us open source coding, artificial intelligence, war fare drones, and robots that can shoot guns. But Furbys can still creep us out.

In the Twitter thread, Jessica Card told us how she hooked up this nightmare. But ust because you can do it, doesn't mean that you should. Card also referenced Roko's basilisk,  which is another dimension of terrifying. (Thanks, Brother Bill!)

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