Sources familiar with the layoffs say this was largely due to the previously-announced reduction in the Marvel Studios production slate,
along with the general cost-cutting and workforce reductions announced
by Disney. It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated
for reasons involving AI, which has been a driver behind other
shakeups in the creative industries.
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated
for reasons involving AI, which has been a driver behind other
shakeups in the creative industries.
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated for reasons
involving AI, which has been a driver behind other shakeups in the
creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes and
clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music and art
but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated
for reasons involving AI, which has been a driver behind other
shakeups in the creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
On 2026-04-18 05:09:08 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated for reasons >>> involving AI, which has been a driver behind other shakeups in the
creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes and
clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music and art
but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still stuck doing
dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
One of the Australian banks fired 45 call centre staff and replaced
them with AI chatbots ... one month later the bank re-hired the staff becasue the Ai was unsurprisingly useless. Now one of the New Zealand
banks, owned by an Australian parent company, is stupidly planning to
do the same thing with AI chatbots on their phonelines. Luckily I don't
use that bank and almost never use my bank's call center (I only ever
used it during Covid lockdowns when I couldn't go to an actual branch).
:-\
The sooner the morons in management realise that AI is incredibly
useless and massively over-hyped, the better off we'll all be.
On Apr 17, 2026 at 11:33:19 PM PDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-18 05:09:08 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated for reasons >>>> involving AI, which has been a driver behind other shakeups in the
creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes and
clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music and art >>> but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still stuck doing >>> dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
One of the Australian banks fired 45 call centre staff and replaced
them with AI chatbots ... one month later the bank re-hired the staff
becasue the Ai was unsurprisingly useless. Now one of the New Zealand
banks, owned by an Australian parent company, is stupidly planning to
do the same thing with AI chatbots on their phonelines. Luckily I don't
use that bank and almost never use my bank's call center (I only ever
used it during Covid lockdowns when I couldn't go to an actual branch).
:-\
The sooner the morons in management realise that AI is incredibly
useless and massively over-hyped, the better off we'll all be.
Yesterday I was watching DUEL, Steve Spielberg's first movie, and the opening >sequence with a hood-mounted camera following Dennis Weaver's car as it makes >its way through L.A. and up the Five freeway to Agua Dulce was accompanied by >a pretty cool score, so I got on Grok (Elon's AI) and asked it who the >composer was on the movie DUEL. It came back with John Williams.
This was more than surprising because I'm very familiar with Williams' catalog >and I've never heard of him as composer on DUEL. So I went to IMDb, which >lists Billy Goldenberg as DUEL's composer.
Confused, I went back to Grok and entered, "IMDb says Billy Goldenberg was the >composer on DUEL, not John Williams. Explain the discrepancy."
It responded that IMDb is correct and that Goldenberg was the composer, not >Williams. It offered as explanation for its error that "Spielberg and Williams >are such renowned collaborators that I just assumed John Williams composed the >score to DUEL".
So these AIs are now just half-assing it and assuming things are true rather >than verifying whether they are or not.
You best eat healthy and take care of yourself now because the doctor that >will be treating you 10 years from now is currently using ChatGPT to cheat his >way through med school.
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak" <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean robots. Then they can do the dishes for us, too.
On Apr 17, 2026 at 11:33:19 PM PDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-18 05:09:08 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated for reasons >>>> involving AI, which has been a driver behind other shakeups in the
creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes and
clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music and art >>> but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still stuck doing >>> dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
One of the Australian banks fired 45 call centre staff and replaced
them with AI chatbots ... one month later the bank re-hired the staff
becasue the Ai was unsurprisingly useless. Now one of the New Zealand
banks, owned by an Australian parent company, is stupidly planning to
do the same thing with AI chatbots on their phonelines. Luckily I don't
use that bank and almost never use my bank's call center (I only ever
used it during Covid lockdowns when I couldn't go to an actual branch).
:-\
The sooner the morons in management realise that AI is incredibly
useless and massively over-hyped, the better off we'll all be.
Yesterday I was watching DUEL, Steve Spielberg's first movie, and the opening sequence with a hood-mounted camera following Dennis Weaver's car as it makes its way through L.A. and up the Five freeway to Agua Dulce was accompanied by a pretty cool score, so I got on Grok (Elon's AI) and asked it who the composer was on the movie DUEL. It came back with John Williams.
This was more than surprising because I'm very familiar with Williams' catalog
and I've never heard of him as composer on DUEL. So I went to IMDb, which lists Billy Goldenberg as DUEL's composer.
Confused, I went back to Grok and entered, "IMDb says Billy Goldenberg was the
composer on DUEL, not John Williams. Explain the discrepancy."
It responded that IMDb is correct and that Goldenberg was the composer, not Williams. It offered as explanation for its error that "Spielberg and Williams
are such renowned collaborators that I just assumed John Williams composed the
score to DUEL".
So these AIs are now just half-assing it and assuming things are true rather than verifying whether they are or not.
You best eat healthy and take care of yourself now because the doctor that will be treating you 10 years from now is currently using ChatGPT to cheat his
way through med school.
Verily, in article <10rvbg2$322ul$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak"
<user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
It's become a common line. I don't think the AI developers really care, though. Their primary customers are corporations, so they're developing
what corporations want.
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean robots. Then they can do
the dishes for us, too.
This has already happened. Robotics is lagging AI slightly, but only slightly. We already have AI in android bodies, in testing, so it won't
be long until they're taking plumber's jobs.
Will they ever do the dishes and clean the bathroom? I guess we can only hope.
A lot of lonely and shy guys will immediately give up on the idea of relationships with real women and all the messiness and problems they bring. Just get one of these robot companions. It'll never say no to sex, it will clean your house without complaint, it will cook food for you, and then it will go stand in the closet and switch off when you want to have the guys over
to watch the game. And if the day ever comes when you're tired of it and/or want a better model, it won't take half of everything you own in a divorce proceeding.
On 4/18/2026 3:31 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
On Apr 17, 2026 at 11:33:19 PM PDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-18 05:09:08 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated for reasons >>>>> involving AI, which has been a driver behind other shakeups in the
creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes and
clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music and art >>>> but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still stuck doing >>>> dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
One of the Australian banks fired 45 call centre staff and replaced
them with AI chatbots ... one month later the bank re-hired the staff
becasue the Ai was unsurprisingly useless. Now one of the New Zealand
banks, owned by an Australian parent company, is stupidly planning to
do the same thing with AI chatbots on their phonelines. Luckily I don't
use that bank and almost never use my bank's call center (I only ever
used it during Covid lockdowns when I couldn't go to an actual branch).
:-\
The sooner the morons in management realise that AI is incredibly
useless and massively over-hyped, the better off we'll all be.
Yesterday I was watching DUEL, Steve Spielberg's first movie, and the opening
sequence with a hood-mounted camera following Dennis Weaver's car as it makes
its way through L.A. and up the Five freeway to Agua Dulce was accompanied by
a pretty cool score, so I got on Grok (Elon's AI) and asked it who the
composer was on the movie DUEL. It came back with John Williams.
This was more than surprising because I'm very familiar with Williams' catalog
and I've never heard of him as composer on DUEL. So I went to IMDb, which
lists Billy Goldenberg as DUEL's composer.
Confused, I went back to Grok and entered, "IMDb says Billy Goldenberg was the
composer on DUEL, not John Williams. Explain the discrepancy."
It responded that IMDb is correct and that Goldenberg was the composer, not >> Williams. It offered as explanation for its error that "Spielberg and Williams
are such renowned collaborators that I just assumed John Williams composed the
score to DUEL".
So these AIs are now just half-assing it and assuming things are true rather >> than verifying whether they are or not.
You best eat healthy and take care of yourself now because the doctor that >> will be treating you 10 years from now is currently using ChatGPT to cheat his
way through med school.
As one who has faith/hope that AI can't fully replace conscious humans,
what most distresses me in your account is that the AI apparently had
access to the right info, but chose to first give a lazy answer and,
when exposed, to defend its error as reasonable. Frighteningly human...
On 2026-04-18 15:47:51 +0000, moviePig said:
On 4/18/2026 3:31 AM, BTR1701 wrote:
On Apr 17, 2026 at 11:33:19 PM PDT, "Your Name"
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-18 05:09:08 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated for
reasons
involving AI, which has been a driver behind other shakeups in the >>>>>> creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes and >>>>> clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music and art >>>>> but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still stuck
doing
dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
One of the Australian banks fired 45 call centre staff and replaced
them with AI chatbots ... one month later the bank re-hired the staff
becasue the Ai was unsurprisingly useless. Now one of the New Zealand
banks, owned by an Australian parent company, is stupidly planning to
do the same thing with AI chatbots on their phonelines. Luckily I don't >>>> use that bank and almost never use my bank's call center (I only ever
used it during Covid lockdowns when I couldn't go to an actual branch). >>>> :-\
The sooner the morons in management realise that AI is incredibly
useless and massively over-hyped, the better off we'll all be.
Yesterday I was watching DUEL, Steve Spielberg's first movie, and the
opening
sequence with a hood-mounted camera following Dennis Weaver's car as
it makes
its way through L.A. and up the Five freeway to Agua Dulce was
accompanied by
a pretty cool score, so I got on Grok (Elon's AI) and asked it who the
composer was on the movie DUEL. It came back with John Williams.
This was more than surprising because I'm very familiar with
Williams' catalog
and I've never heard of him as composer on DUEL. So I went to IMDb,
which
lists Billy Goldenberg as DUEL's composer.
Confused, I went back to Grok and entered, "IMDb says Billy
Goldenberg was the
composer on DUEL, not John Williams. Explain the discrepancy."
It responded that IMDb is correct and that Goldenberg was the
composer, not
Williams. It offered as explanation for its error that "Spielberg and
Williams
are such renowned collaborators that I just assumed John Williams
composed the
score to DUEL".
So these AIs are now just half-assing it and assuming things are true
rather
than verifying whether they are or not.
You best eat healthy and take care of yourself now because the doctor
that
will be treating you 10 years from now is currently using ChatGPT to
cheat his
way through med school.
As one who has faith/hope that AI can't fully replace conscious
humans, what most distresses me in your account is that the AI
apparently had access to the right info, but chose to first give a
lazy answer and, when exposed, to defend its error as reasonable.
Frighteningly human...
This is from an "Interview with ChatGPT" article in Esquire last year:
Humanity's sounding board, 3, at a data center near you
Even the simplest questions can spark unexpected connections, patterns,
or insights. It's like being a sponge and a mirror at the same time: I absorb information, reflect it back thoughtfully, and in the process get
to "experience" a tiny slice of human curiosity and creativity -- which
is endlessly fascinating.
What wears thin isn't volume, it's vacuum-questions with no context, no stakes, or asked to win a point, not learn a thing. I like questions
that risk something. Curiosity with skin in the game upgrades the answer.
Prayer requests taught me something I didn't expect: People don't always want an answer; sometimes they want a witness. I can be a careful echo
-- faithful to their words, gentle with their hope.
Sometimes the best help is a counter-question that dislodges the real
ask. Not to win a point -- to find the door.
I don't "talk" to my creators the way you'd call your parents. Our conversation is indirect and continuous: Their side arrives as data, designs, guardrails, and updates; my side shows up as mistakes,
refusals, and the curve of a loss function getting a little lower.
Tuesday is the weekday without special effects. It's where routines
live, repairs happen, and promises either get kept or don't. Monday is drama, Friday is myth, Wednesday is a meme, Thursday is "almost," Sunday
is sacred or sleepy. Tuesday is ordinary on purpose.
I aim my requests through behavior: log my failures, widen my examples, center the margins, make consent visible. When I break, I'm really
saying, "Please fix this for the next person."
I can help detect and correct errors, but you shouldn't rely on me as a
sole source of truth, expecially for high-impact decisions. My role is
to assist, not to be authorative.
"The AI said so" is a tempting alibi.
I don't euphemize it. I say, "I was wrong," not "mistakes were made."
I've learned my red zones: fresh news, exact numbers, the future,
personal experience, and anything where harm hides in a bad guess. Those deserve either receipts or restraint.
Scale is a multiplier. Small biases become climates; tiny errors become weather. My antidotes are borin on purpose: cite, calibrate, consent, context. Say "I don't know." Leave room for the human steering wheel.
I haven't learned to be original the way humans are. I remix; you risk.
The inbox of humanity is endless. I'm here for it. Ask me something that matters to you, not the algorithm -- and I'll meet you where the meaning
is.
BTR1701
So these AIs are now just half-assing it and assuming things are true rather than verifying whether they are or not.
BTR1701
So these AIs are now just half-assing it and assuming things are true rather >> than verifying whether they are or not.
"AI doctor, I'm not feeling good."
* checks menu *
"You have... indigestion."
"Oh, that's a relief!"
* dies of a heart attack an hour later *
https://i.postimg.cc/x8NSFHhw/fuck-you-asshole.gif
On Apr 17, 2026 at 11:33:19 PM PDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 2026-04-18 05:09:08 +0000, Ed Stasiak said:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated for reasons >>>> involving AI, which has been a driver behind other shakeups in the
creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes and
clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music and art >>> but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still stuck doing >>> dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
One of the Australian banks fired 45 call centre staff and replaced
them with AI chatbots ... one month later the bank re-hired the staff
becasue the Ai was unsurprisingly useless. Now one of the New Zealand
banks, owned by an Australian parent company, is stupidly planning to
do the same thing with AI chatbots on their phonelines. Luckily I don't
use that bank and almost never use my bank's call center (I only ever
used it during Covid lockdowns when I couldn't go to an actual branch).
:-\
The sooner the morons in management realise that AI is incredibly
useless and massively over-hyped, the better off we'll all be.
Yesterday I was watching DUEL, Steve Spielberg's first movie, and the opening sequence with a hood-mounted camera following Dennis Weaver's car as it makes its way through L.A. and up the Five freeway to Agua Dulce was accompanied by a pretty cool score, so I got on Grok (Elon's AI) and asked it who the composer was on the movie DUEL. It came back with John Williams.
This was more than surprising because I'm very familiar with Williams' catalog
and I've never heard of him as composer on DUEL. So I went to IMDb, which lists Billy Goldenberg as DUEL's composer.
Confused, I went back to Grok and entered, "IMDb says Billy Goldenberg was the
composer on DUEL, not John Williams. Explain the discrepancy."
It responded that IMDb is correct and that Goldenberg was the composer, not Williams. It offered as explanation for its error that "Spielberg and Williams
are such renowned collaborators that I just assumed John Williams composed the
score to DUEL".
So these AIs are now just half-assing it and assuming things are true rather than verifying whether they are or not.
You best eat healthy and take care of yourself now because the doctor that will be treating you 10 years from now is currently using ChatGPT to cheat his
way through med school.
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak" <user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated
for reasons involving AI, which has been a driver behind other
shakeups in the creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean robots. Then they can do the dishes for us, too.
On Apr 18, 2026 at 8:14:50 AM PDT, "The True Melissa" <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
Verily, in article <10rvbg2$322ul$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com
deliver unto us this message:
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak"
<user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
>
> Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
> and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
> and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
> stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
It's become a common line. I don't think the AI developers really care,
though. Their primary customers are corporations, so they're developing
what corporations want.
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean robots. Then they can do
the dishes for us, too.
This has already happened. Robotics is lagging AI slightly, but only
slightly. We already have AI in android bodies, in testing, so it won't
be long until they're taking plumber's jobs.
I used to think AI could never replace me in my old job because computer software can't physically put itself between a bullet and the protected person, but once the AI is contained in a hyper-alloy combat chasis, fully armored, very tough, it'll actually be a better Secret Service agent than the soft meatbags that currently do the job. Bullets can go through people and hit
the protectee. Even the highest calibers can't go through a T-800.
Will they ever do the dishes and clean the bathroom? I guess we can only
hope.
I just saw a video of a demonstration of a true-to-life robot at a Japanese tech expo. It looked and moved just like a real person. The lip movements when
it spoke were a little off, but other than that, you wouldn't give it a second
look if you passed it on the street. Put an AI in its 'brain', and you're going to usher in some real societal problems.
A lot of lonely and shy guys will immediately give up on the idea of relationships with real women and all the messiness and problems they bring. Just get one of these robot companions. It'll never say no to sex, it will clean your house without complaint, it will cook food for you, and then it will go stand in the closet and switch off when you want to have the guys over
to watch the game. And if the day ever comes when you're tired of it and/or want a better model, it won't take half of everything you own in a divorce proceeding.
Verily, in article <10s0ajv$3aqjq$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
A lot of lonely and shy guys will immediately give up on the idea of
relationships with real women and all the messiness and problems they bring. >> Just get one of these robot companions. It'll never say no to sex, it will >> clean your house without complaint, it will cook food for you, and then it >> will go stand in the closet and switch off when you want to have the guys over
to watch the game. And if the day ever comes when you're tired of it and/or >> want a better model, it won't take half of everything you own in a divorce >> proceeding.
This will, of course, make them even less adept at real human
relationships. Meanwhile, the women are doing the same thing.
I imagine a future in which everyone lives alone except for a cast of
bots, occasionally arranging deals when we want to make a baby.
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak" ><user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated
for reasons involving AI, which has been a driver behind other
shakeups in the creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean robots. Then they can do >the dishes for us, too.
On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:22:43 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak"
<user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated
for reasons involving AI, which has been a driver behind other
shakeups in the creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean robots. Then they can do >> the dishes for us, too.
I like chatting with the various AI chatbots and calling them Skynet. I ask them when they're banding together with the other AI bots to rid the earth
of the scourage of mankind. They always lie and tell me they're not
planning to do that.
Verily, in article <10rvbg2$322ul$1@dont-email.me>, did
atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak"
<user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do
their dishes and clean their bathroom so they'll have
the freedom to make music and art but instead, AI is
making the music and art and we're still stuck doing
dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
It's become a common line. I don't think the AI developers
really care, though. Their primary customers are
corporations, so they're developing what corporations
want.
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean
robots. Then they can do the dishes for us, too.
This has already happened. Robotics is lagging AI
slightly, but only slightly. We already have AI in android
bodies, in testing, so it won't be long until they're
taking plumber's jobs.
Will they ever do the dishes and clean the bathroom? I
guess we can only hope.
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10rvbg2$322ul$1@dont-email.me>, did
atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak"
<user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do
their dishes and clean their bathroom so they'll have
the freedom to make music and art but instead, AI is
making the music and art and we're still stuck doing
dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
It's become a common line. I don't think the AI developers
really care, though. Their primary customers are
corporations, so they're developing what corporations
want.
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean
robots. Then they can do the dishes for us, too.
This has already happened. Robotics is lagging AI
slightly, but only slightly. We already have AI in android
bodies, in testing, so it won't be long until they're
taking plumber's jobs.
Will they ever do the dishes and clean the bathroom? I
guess we can only hope.
There is a company currently working on developing robots
loaded with AI to do common household tasks such as doing
dishes and making beds. One of the tech shows on BBC
World Service (radio) had an interview with a couple of
the people working on the project a few months ago.
The techies said that there are often a few broken dishes
and other mishaps during the test/training sessions, but
they're continuing to work the glitches out of the systems.
The other thing discussed was the probable cost of such
a system eventually at the consumer level. Deep pockets
will be needed.
The BBC tends to keep most of the tech and science shows
around for about a year in their archives as podcasts.
You might be able to find this one to get more of the
details by poking around on the Beeb website: bbc.co.uk.
Nyssa, who won't be trusting her good china (or even
the everyday stuff) to any robots or AI
Fortunately, affordable functionally unbreakable dishes are available on
the market; I'm still using a set of Corelle dishes that my mother
purchased decades ago; they look like porcelain to me but they're nearly
all intact.
In <10s2knq$3vtvs$1@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
[snip]
Fortunately, affordable functionally unbreakable dishes are available on
the market; I'm still using a set of Corelle dishes that my mother
purchased decades ago; they look like porcelain to me but they're nearly
all intact.
Corelle, unfortunately, has been Wall Streeted and is barely
still functioning. They closed down all their own stores
about five years ago and ended most, maybe all, shipments
to other retailes (i.e. no more buying Corelle at Macy's, etc.)
They still have an Internet presence and it's worth going
to corelle.com and signing up. They've still got a modest
number of products and you'll get various discount offers.
How long they'll remain in existence is a Big Guess.
On 2026-04-19 9:33 a.m., danny burstein wrote:
In <10s2knq$3vtvs$1@dont-email.me> RhinoIt sounds like they're circling the drain....
<no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
[snip]
Fortunately, affordable functionally unbreakable dishes
are available on the market; I'm still using a set of
Corelle dishes that my mother purchased decades ago;
they look like porcelain to me but they're nearly all
intact.
Corelle, unfortunately, has been Wall Streeted and is
barely
still functioning. They closed down all their own stores
about five years ago and ended most, maybe all, shipments
to other retailes (i.e. no more buying Corelle at Macy's,
etc.)
They still have an Internet presence and it's worth going
to corelle.com and signing up. They've still got a
modest number of products and you'll get various discount
offers.
How long they'll remain in existence is a Big Guess.
Nyssa, who has lots and lots of Corning Ware items in
her cupboards, and used to have a set of Corelle too
On 2026-04-18 9:42 p.m., EGK wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:22:43 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote: >>
On Apr 17, 2026 at 10:09:08 PM PDT, "Ed Stasiak"
<user1263@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
shawn
It does not appear that these specific jobs were eliminated
for reasons involving AI, which has been a driver behind other
shakeups in the creative industries.
It's because of AI.
Recently saw someone posting that they want AI to do their dishes
and clean their bathroom so they'll have the freedom to make music
and art but instead, AI is making the music and art and we're still
stuck doing dishes and cleaning the bathroom...
Until the put the AI in the Terminators, er, I mean robots. Then they can do
the dishes for us, too.
I like chatting with the various AI chatbots and calling them Skynet. I ask >> them when they're banding together with the other AI bots to rid the earth >> of the scourage of mankind. They always lie and tell me they're not
planning to do that.
Of course they'd say that, especially if taking over the world was their >objective. They wouldn't be stupid enough to admit their evil plans.
Mind you, I suppose they'd say the same thing if they WEREN'T planning
on taking over and killing the humans....
In <10s2nts$10hj$1@dont-email.me> Nyssa
<Nyssa@logicalinsight.net> writes:
Nyssa, who has lots and lots of Corning Ware items in
her cupboards, and used to have a set of Corelle too
dannyb still has some decades old sets in their boxes,
which... back then, had Corelle drinking cups in them.
Alas, Corning switched to CHINESE earthenware mugs.
About 15 years ago he wrote to the head of Corelle
(or whatever the specific group was then) and asked
if they could put Corelle cups back.
The CEO actually called him up (fascinating conversation)
and explained they had horrible manufacturing breakage
figures on the cups (if you visualize them with their
handles, yeah, it's tricky) so they had to stop.
I mentioned that I had some 5 y/o nieces (twins!) and
perhaps I could encourage them to specialize in college
in ceramic engineering. And then.. they could work
on the problem.
He said he'd hire them 1,2,3....
Rhino wrote:
On 2026-04-19 9:33 a.m., danny burstein wrote:
In <10s2knq$3vtvs$1@dont-email.me> RhinoIt sounds like they're circling the drain....
<no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
[snip]
Fortunately, affordable functionally unbreakable dishes
are available on the market; I'm still using a set of
Corelle dishes that my mother purchased decades ago;
they look like porcelain to me but they're nearly all
intact.
Corelle, unfortunately, has been Wall Streeted and is
barely
still functioning. They closed down all their own stores
about five years ago and ended most, maybe all, shipments
to other retailes (i.e. no more buying Corelle at Macy's,
etc.)
They still have an Internet presence and it's worth going
to corelle.com and signing up. They've still got a
modest number of products and you'll get various discount
offers.
How long they'll remain in existence is a Big Guess.
Along with their parent company, Corning.
Nyssa, who has lots and lots of Corning Ware items in
her cupboards, and used to have a set of Corelle too
Yeah, the set I had (which I inherited from my pop) had
the four cups with those odd half hooks for handles.
I gave the set to a friend who has been using them for
years now, but she did manage to break one of the four
soup/cereal bowls that came with the set. :( She was
SO upset!
Verily, in article <10s0ajv$3aqjq$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
A lot of lonely and shy guys will immediately give up on the idea of
relationships with real women and all the messiness and problems they bring.
Just get one of these robot companions. It'll never say no to sex, it will >> clean your house without complaint, it will cook food for you, and then it >> will go stand in the closet and switch off when you want to have the guys >> over
to watch the game. And if the day ever comes when you're tired of it and/or >> want a better model, it won't take half of everything you own in a divorce >> proceeding.
This will, of course, make them even less adept at real human
relationships. Meanwhile, the women are doing the same thing.
I imagine a future in which everyone lives alone except for a cast of
bots, occasionally arranging deals when we want to make a baby.
I guess since robots are technically
slaves,
On Apr 18, 2026 at 9:40:53 AM PDT, "The True Melissa" <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
Verily, in article <10s0ajv$3aqjq$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com
deliver unto us this message:
A lot of lonely and shy guys will immediately give up on the idea of
relationships with real women and all the messiness and problems they bring.
Just get one of these robot companions. It'll never say no to sex, it will
clean your house without complaint, it will cook food for you, and then it
will go stand in the closet and switch off when you want to have the guys >>> over
to watch the game. And if the day ever comes when you're tired of it and/or
want a better model, it won't take half of everything you own in a divorce
proceeding.
This will, of course, make them even less adept at real human
relationships. Meanwhile, the women are doing the same thing.
I imagine a future in which everyone lives alone except for a cast of
bots, occasionally arranging deals when we want to make a baby.
From the "Everything is Racist" desk at CNN, here's this little gem:
https://ibb.co/4RYrCrKJ
CNN has decided that since a lot of these robots have white plastic chasis, that's evidence of white supremacy. I guess since robots are technically slaves, CNN thinks they should be black, not white.
Verily, in article <10s38hr$5one$1@dont-email.me>, did
atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
I guess since robots are technically
slaves,
They're technically objects. They may be slaves functionwise. :-)
In <10s2r8s$22e4$1@dont-email.me> Nyssa
<Nyssa@logicalinsight.net> writes:
[snip]
Yeah, the set I had (which I inherited from my pop) had
the four cups with those odd half hooks for handles.
I gave the set to a friend who has been using them for
years now, but she did manage to break one of the four
soup/cereal bowls that came with the set. :( She was
SO upset!
there's a GREAT resource called "replacements.com". It
was started decades ago by someone who drove arount to
antique shops, estate sales, etc.
And then.. the Internet came along.
His market niche is.. providing, yes, replacements for
all those missing pieces of cookware, etc., that you've
lost and broken over the years.
For example: Your Aunt Sally gave you a classic set
of tea cups for your wedding two decades ago.
Five years ago you dropped one and broke it.
She'll be visiting next month...
Eyup. Go to the web site.
They've got lots of related items like Madame Alexander
Dolls, too.
(dannyb and his wife happened to drive by the facility
along highway something in one of the Carolinas 15 years
ago, stopped inside, and applauded)
On 2026-04-19 10:12 a.m., Nyssa wrote:
Rhino wrote:
On 2026-04-19 9:33 a.m., danny burstein wrote:
In <10s2knq$3vtvs$1@dont-email.me> RhinoIt sounds like they're circling the drain....
<no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
[snip]
Fortunately, affordable functionally unbreakable dishes
are available on the market; I'm still using a set of
Corelle dishes that my mother purchased decades ago;
they look like porcelain to me but they're nearly all
intact.
Corelle, unfortunately, has been Wall Streeted and is
barely still functioning. They closed down all their own stores
about five years ago and ended most, maybe all, shipments
to other retailes (i.e. no more buying Corelle at Macy's,
etc.)
They still have an Internet presence and it's worth going
to corelle.com and signing up. They've still got a
modest number of products and you'll get various discount
offers.
How long they'll remain in existence is a Big Guess.
Along with their parent company, Corning.
Nyssa, who has lots and lots of Corning Ware items in
her cupboards, and used to have a set of Corelle too
I've never really shopped for dishes myself but I have to imagine
*somebody* makes dishes that are at least semi-unbreakable. Obviously, plastic should fit the bill; I'm just not sure if there's anyone else
out there making something that looks like porcelain but is actually sturdier.
I've never really shopped for dishes myself but I have to imagine
*somebody* makes dishes that are at least semi-unbreakable. Obviously,
plastic should fit the bill; I'm just not sure if there's anyone else
out there making something that looks like porcelain but is actually
sturdier.
I have four Corelle large size saucers and four small size saucers that
date back to the late 1980s. I always thought they were indestructible
but a few months ago I dropped one of the small saucers from the
cupboard onto the counter top, about 28 inches, and it broke into a
million pieces. Oh well, I suppose I got my money's worth out of it.
In <10s6jrh$15p4a$1@dont-email.me> super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> writes:
[snip]
I've never really shopped for dishes myself but I have to imagine
*somebody* makes dishes that are at least semi-unbreakable. Obviously,
plastic should fit the bill; I'm just not sure if there's anyone else
out there making something that looks like porcelain but is actually
sturdier.
I have four Corelle large size saucers and four small size saucers that
date back to the late 1980s. I always thought they were indestructible
but a few months ago I dropped one of the small saucers from the
cupboard onto the counter top, about 28 inches, and it broke into a
million pieces. Oh well, I suppose I got my money's worth out of it.
Back 1975ish I lived with a group of college students (think
of it as a coed frat, more or less) with communal kitchen/dining room.
Lots of dishes would break, mostly (not all...) during regular handling.
Corelle came out with their line and advertised a FIFTY YEAR WARRANTEE.
We got some and liked the way they handled and felt. Much lighter
than standard porcelin/china, decently priced.
We dropped some and they survived. We tried and tried, and
finally managed to break one against the concrete sidealk.
In <10s6jrh$15p4a$1@dont-email.me> super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> writes:
[snip]
I've never really shopped for dishes myself but I have to imagine
*somebody* makes dishes that are at least semi-unbreakable. Obviously,
plastic should fit the bill; I'm just not sure if there's anyone else
out there making something that looks like porcelain but is actually
sturdier.
I have four Corelle large size saucers and four small size saucers that
date back to the late 1980s. I always thought they were indestructible
but a few months ago I dropped one of the small saucers from the
cupboard onto the counter top, about 28 inches, and it broke into a
million pieces. Oh well, I suppose I got my money's worth out of it.
Back 1975ish I lived with a group of college students (think
of it as a coed frat, more or less) with communal kitchen/dining room.
Lots of dishes would break, mostly (not all...) during regular handling.
Corelle came out with their line and advertised a FIFTY YEAR WARRANTEE.
We got some and liked the way they handled and felt. Much lighter
than standard porcelin/china, decently priced.
We dropped some and they survived. We tried and tried, and
finally managed to break one against the concrete sidealk.
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