Counterpoint: it is NOT an unhealthy relationship. A relationship has more than one person in it. It might be considered an unhealthy behavior. I don't think the problem is solvable if we keep treating the Speak'n'spell like it's participating in this. Corporations are putting dangerous tools in the hands of vulnerable people. By pretending the tool is a person, we're already playing their shell game. But yes, the tool seems primed for enabling self-harm.

Have seen emails at work that were AI generated, but they made no disclaimer. Then someone points out how wildly incorrect it was and they just say "oh whoops, not my fault, I just ask ed an LLM". They set things up to take credit if people liked it, and used the LLMs are just stupid as an excuse when it doesn't fly.

Cryptocurrency company paying their employees in cryptocurrency. Well at least they walk the talk.

Going back to TS3 and IRC. They never left

Or for folks that would be otherwise leaving logins and passwords in a clear text file on their desktop (glares at coworker). It's still clear text, but at least it's air gapped. It's not for me, but it's certainly for someone.

I remember it like it was yesterday. "Xbox, go home!"

Weird, I agree with Russia on something. I'm sure I won't agree on their suggested replacement though. Signal and/or Simplex FTW.

At this point, I don’t think there is a single streaming service worth the subscription price. What’s more distressing is that, rather than learning their lessons, these companies will collude to scare people into subscribing with repeats of the copyright crackdowns and corporate empowerment of the late 90s and early 2000s.