brave little toaster (12. 160)

In recognition that the AI boom and coming bust is being fuelled by the same gang behind crypto, whom are still trying to make fetch happen, and still trying to shoehorn it into to everything against the wishes of the public, with even desperate, specious use-cases presented for home appliances as an extension of the Internet of Things, Cory Doctorow offers a re-print of his short piece of fiction, under the title of the sweet Tom Disch story adapted as an animated feature, that presents promised conveniences and coordination of the IoT turned into shackling inconveniences. “I don’t mean to annoy or chafe, but I’m simply not dishwasher safe!” More from Pluralistic at the link above.