@tommorris I have this incredible memory of, in 1999, seeing in a store a washing machine with a literal rotary timer switch control, being marked as "y2k safe"

I reflect on that thought often in the current mania of shoving prompts into every damned thing that don't need prompts (or any other kind of useless rebranded-ML algorithm)

"marketing and leadership DEMAND we find a use for AI" again and again and again