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Our decades-old microwave oven is finally breaking down so we're buying a new one, and I thought it interesting how now instead of discussing desirable features in appliances we discuss undesirable ones: network connectivity, talking, any AI that isn't the actual point, etc

Our high-end fridge when we had to replace it came with a wireless connection, one of the first ones. It wasn’t installed when they delivered it and we were never tempted to connect it. They all come pre-installed now and prompt you for your network’s passcode.

They should be required to disclose if there’s “Ai” and how that is being used to the consumer in a more than fine print fashion. Like health labels on cigarettes but more so.

Plenty of people are? The generic person who believes everything they hear is mostly imagined by the people who want to be the ones telling everyone else what to do.