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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2024
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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Dear ~~~Sneerclub~~ TechTakes, will you be my 'Friend'? :)
AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name (404 media, archive)
AI Companion Device Releases Diss Track Against ‘Friend’ (404 media, archive, diss track on twitter)
Here's Friend's advertisement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1hoEhfk4 . The music choice and general vibe is... unsettling.
there’s an entire type of startup guy embodied by Schiffmann, and I can’t be the only one who’s met this type more than once
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Wow that was easier than expected, we can't get philosophers to agree what that would even mean but it's done folks
Enough money to blow it all on a domain name. Not enough money to port their chatbot-app from iPhone to Android, or pay someone to resolve customer issues. (twitter.com, xcancel.com)
Also doxxing them when giving their refund.
people just don’t get consumer, I said, as the unfulfilled refund requests continued to rack up
Forget the diss track person, I've tracked down the true origin of Friend:
the ad alone should be a thread it's the most insane thing I've seen in years
the yt comments are brutal btw definitely check them out
The yt comments are indeed delightful
I like how the advertisement's URL opens with a fucking O_Q like even its unsettled by this shit
This hast the same vibe as a trailer for shows like Black Mirror. I actually feel sad for the people they're targeting with this, holy shit.
It’s like how can we make a depressing tamagotchi?
Indeed.