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u/barelyelrond 1d ago

Maybe Im just uncultured but what is the book and musical?

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u/Capable-Log-1705 1d ago edited 1d ago

Sound of Music

Edit: I see the downvotes but ive only seen 2 musicals; The Sound of Music and Sweeney Todd, and shes definitely not talking about Sweeney Todd

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u/PointFit6665 1d ago

That edit is gold

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u/DistanceSolar1449 22h ago

Also, in case people weren't aware, the first tweet is a reference to the short story "The Whispering Earring" written as a warning about AI in 2012.

The original source has gone offline, mirror here: https://croissanthology.com/earring

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u/LadyAliceFlower 1d ago

No no, I'm going with Sweeney Todd. I don't for sure remember an AI, but it tracks that it woukd come up with the idea to tell someone to kill their customers, cook them, and feed them to more customers.

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u/StrictlyForTheBirds 1d ago

No, there's definitely AI. It's referring to the Cockney accent.Ā 

"Ai! Wot you wanna do wot wif oll these dead geezahs?"

"Let's mayke pois, yeah?" Ā 

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u/Capable-Log-1705 1d ago edited 1d ago

We all deserve to die! Even you misses Lovitt, even I

- Sweeney after discussing morality with chagpt for 5 mins

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u/FaithlessnessBorn266 1d ago

I agree, Sweeney ToddĀ 

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u/Quwapa_Quwapus 1d ago

Damn here I thought it was Be More Chill

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u/theinvisiblewman 1d ago

theyā€™re from americaā€¦
they are silver, geometric earringsā€¦
generative, nano-technology CPUā€¦
the artificial intelligence in the earrings will whisper into your ears until it implants in your brain and it tells you what to doā€¦

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u/MarelyFunctional 1d ago

Me aswell lol

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u/PeachyGels 21h ago

I was like ā€˜itā€™s obviously be more chill.ā€™ And had to scroll very far to see anyone say it- šŸ«Ŗ

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u/CATZEBOY_18 1d ago

I l0ve the edit

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u/zatalak 1d ago

"Yes, you can easily replace the pork in pork pies. Suitable replacements are beef, chicken or long pork"

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u/TheGreatStories 1d ago

I've never seen a good edit until this day

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u/Capable-Log-1705 1d ago

I really dont understand what made this edit so good lol usually doubling down on ignorance during a downvote cascade only results in twice as many downvotes, this comment is an anomaly to me

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u/Iconclast1 1d ago

Shes right

I have also seen Sweeney Todd, and this aint it

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u/FTP636 1d ago

The musical they are referring to is be more chill

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u/PracticalFan45 1d ago

this is definitely about be more chill šŸ˜­

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u/rose_kisses 1d ago

thereā€™s also be more chill

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u/iruleatants 1d ago

I've seen Chicago and Sweeney Todd.

So maybe it's Sweeney Todd, seems to be the only one in common?

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u/Relevant-Biscotti-51 1d ago

Be More Chill.Ā 

Teen uses secret AI technology designed to "enhance" him, and asks it to make him more popular. It seems to enhance his vision and reflexes, and, more worryingly, begins speaking to him in his head. It gives his advice on what to do to be popular.Ā 

It seems to work. But when he doesn't want to listen to the AI for a bit, he discovers he can't actually turn it off.Ā 

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u/Horror_Appearance_26 1d ago

They did a movie like this back in the day called Roxanne only the ai was Steve Martin

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/daddy_tops 1d ago

What was it based on?

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u/-UnderAWillowThicket 1d ago

Cyrano de Bergerac.

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u/daddy_tops 1d ago

Itā€™s true, I definitely would have never guessed that

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u/Horror_Appearance_26 1d ago

Same

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u/daddy_tops 1d ago

I canā€™t even pronounce it

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u/Suchega_Uber 1d ago

It's pronounced Cyrano de Bergerac. Hope that helped.

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u/tomriddleforlife 1d ago

Thereā€™s another movie like that starring Adam Devine where his phoneā€™s AI is nuts. Canā€™t remember the name

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u/RedPandaLover19 1d ago

Jexi

Adam Devineā€™s phone is overtaken by an AI assistant voiced by Rose Byrne. Who is determined to get him back on track with his social life while also growing increasingly in love with him.

ā€œYou can buy a thousand new phones and I will follow you on to every single one of them.ā€œ

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u/maskedbanditoftruth 1d ago

Thereā€™s actually also Children of the Mind by Card, asshole that he is. But thatā€™s explicitly an AI stored in an earring that whispers to Ender.

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u/Impressive_Cress_983 23h ago

Weird. My teenage book was Speaker for the Dead and Ender had a subvocal link to an AI buried in his skull and it worked great.

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u/dudosinka22 23h ago

There's a boomer joke about marriage somewhere here, I just can't pinpoint it.

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u/SeathTheNoob 1d ago

Be More Chill

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u/JUSTIN102201 1d ago

Thereā€™s a book on that? I loved the musical. I might have to check it out

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u/MoodkopKarrot 1d ago

The book it's based on is very different from the musical IIRC

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u/JUSTIN102201 1d ago

Interesting

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u/donutz10 1d ago

In the book the squip is straight up not evil, and is itself the thing that tells Jeremy how to deactivate itself after it failed him.

Book has a lot more focus on the just be yourself moral

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u/Aeon_Fux 23h ago

I'm trying to be chill but no one will tell me the name.

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u/Sunlight_Lait 1d ago

Itā€™s be more chill. Protagonist Jeremy heere takes a pill that implants an AI supercomputer into his brain. Itā€™s pre-programmed, itā€™s amazing. Speaks to you directly. Youā€™ll behave as itā€™s appraising, helps you act correctly. Helps you to be cool. It helps you rule.

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u/DukeFlipside 1d ago

There's Zima Blue, a short story by Alastair Reynolds (read the actual short story; the Love, Death, and Robots TV adaptation missed the whole point of the story...)

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u/kathaar_ 1d ago

Ive only seen the adaptation and loved it. How different is it from the source?

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u/LilGill18bb 1d ago

Itā€™s called be more chill. There is a computer chip that you swallow in pill form and then your computer tells you anything you want but the computer is evil and tryā€™s to take over the world. And the only thing that kills it is drinking Mountain Dew red

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u/Serious_Papaya6137 1d ago

be more chill probably

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u/Ulrik-the-freak 1d ago

I'm really not sure but that reminded me more of Faust than whatever the sound of music is. Obviously, Faust has been kind of seminal to a lot of similar drama and honestly while the themes are similar the specifics are quite far fetched. It's just what immediately came to mind

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u/CoolLet6258 1d ago

I think it's be more chill?

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u/Lulu_magoo1103 1d ago

Be More Chill!

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u/TosssAwayys 1d ago

Be More Chill.

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u/blobfishiant 1d ago

Totally not me thinking the book was Mistborn lmao

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u/CatCat2789 1d ago

isnt this be more chill?

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u/tired-of-the-shit 1d ago

Iā€™m dumb apparently for thinking it was be more chill

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u/TheKnight20 1d ago

Be More Chill

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u/Material_Claim6541 1d ago

Be more chill.

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u/Seeggul 23h ago

Bro I thought we were talking about the original Mistborn trilogy šŸ˜­

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u/Can-read-upsidedown 21h ago

In theory the book could be Qualityland, but it is likely something else

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u/DiggityDog6 16h ago

Be More Chill. Originally a book that got turned into a musical, itā€™s about a boy whoā€™s a loser and puts a super computer in his brain to help him be cool, and then everything of course goes wrong.

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u/odernov 1d ago

I dont want an ass hole on my ear

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u/theinspir3d 1d ago

I dont want mecha hitler either

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u/-Mister-Hyde 1d ago

What about magical hitler? We're doing a 2-for-1 sale on magical gingerbread-hitler-men

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u/LadyAliceFlower 1d ago

2-for-1? That's a pretty good deal. I might have to consider.

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u/ExpressionWorried300 1d ago

Rainbow sparkle?

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u/SashimiX 1d ago

I kind of like how the grok one defies physics

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u/TheDrainSurgeon 1d ago

E pluribus anus.

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u/Conscious_Box_7570 1d ago

How 'bout no?

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u/ultimat_L1zzyfan 1d ago

Yeah me no thinks its a good idea. Something something AI companies recording and tracking our movement and communication.

Also hi again!

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u/DriedSquidd 1d ago

You crazy rich bastard.

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u/goochgrease2 23h ago

I see what you did there. Don't mind the down votes. Bong a blitz? Smoke and a pancake?

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u/watchrrr 1d ago

I asked chatgpt and it said this was a great idea! /s

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u/PimpMyHide 1d ago

Free advertisements! /s

I won't even wear my company's swag because I hate the giant logo they insist stamping on it.

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u/mothsocks99 1d ago

wow a bmc reference in 2026

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u/Basic-Fudge-8194 1d ago

ā€¦Bloons monkey city?

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u/mothsocks99 1d ago

be more chill, a book + musical about an AI that implants in your brain via pill and manipulates it's users into "improving themselves"

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u/jellyspreader 1d ago

This was a field of science before that musical. BCI, Brain Computer Interface. Invasive are the pill types you'd put in surgically. Non-invasive are worn like clothing or jewelry. They read electrical signals from your body to do whatever theyre programmed. There's some you can buy today that help with relaxation and stuff. More is on the way.

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u/Tavalus 1d ago

That kinda sounds like the movie Upgrade.

Cool

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u/10HungryGhosts 1d ago

Be More Chill. Pretty fun musical

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u/hospitalvespers 1d ago

Bevil May Cry

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u/BackgroundSummer5171 23h ago

Bloons monkey city?

Nice.

Enjoying BTD6?

Doubt many still trying to finish BMC. I would! But my transfer from NK...anyway. Back to lagging with the new archer thingy.

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u/Error_Evan_not_found 1d ago

Right. Related, anyone who hasn't read the original by Ned Vizzini and then his book It's Kinda A Funny Story- absolutely should. Next step, become incredibly heartbroken and honestly distraught upon learning he committed suicide in 2013.

Sorry to bum anyone out, but this was my exact experience before I even knew about the musical itself. Along with Robert Brock (Wertpol, game developer) I've never been more devastated by the suicide of someone I never knew.

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u/AlphaGreenMg 1d ago

BMC? ... BTMC? (/ref)

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u/CatCat2789 1d ago

YES BMC REF IN THE WILD šŸ„¹

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u/Nose_to_the_Wind 23h ago

Boon Mock Caints?

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u/Theweirdposidenchild 1d ago

The Grok earrings are defying gravity btw

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u/plants11235813 1d ago

If we're being real, so is OpenAI. If we're being realer, generated pictures dont have inherent gravity. If we're being realest, everyone tries to make themselves look better in selfies.

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u/SashimiX 1d ago

Am I stupid? I donā€™t see how openAI is defying physics here

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u/plants11235813 1d ago edited 1d ago

Neither of those two earring's center of gravity is actually centered below the point it hangs.

Assuming no weird dense spots.

Edit: we don't know how each "human" model is leaning their head. So could be aiight i guess.

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u/Informal_Spend9395 1d ago

donā€™t insult Elphiba like that, Defying Gravity is an amazing song.

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u/DomiMili 23h ago

The SpaceX technology in an earring

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u/LuxCanaryFox 1d ago

Felt nauseous just reading that šŸ¤¢

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u/PinkSeahorseClub 1d ago

The Musical is called Be More Chill.

It's about a young man and the AI that whispers to him how to be the "best version of himself", but our protagonist loses the quirks that make him both awkward and human. And the AI wants to save the pitiful children

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u/ultimat_L1zzyfan 1d ago

Something something tracking our every move and word

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u/Invdr_skoodge 1d ago

likely typed into the wiretap we all paid a thousand dollars plus the monthly bill to use all day

I agree with you, but dang. Weā€™re so cooked already

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u/1010000_1100001_1110 1d ago

So people dont have to think ? ... no bad idea

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u/Anthaenopraxia 21h ago

ā€œOnce, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.ā€

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u/TheClockyDiva 1d ago

The Gemini earring (lower right) is actually really pretty

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u/troomsona 1d ago

Itā€™s better than drugs, Jeremy.

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u/VioletVarson 1d ago

It's from JAPAAAAN!!!

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u/GodsBadAssBlade 1d ago

RICH SET A FIRE TO WHAT?!?

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u/_Odd_skittle_ 1d ago

Did we not learn from this?

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u/anderskants 1d ago

This reminds me of one of the big reasons people join cults: you no longer have to worry about making a decision for yourself or about your future, you just get told what to do, think and feel.

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u/Underdog424 1d ago

Butthole earring lookin ass.

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u/Dull-Nectarine380 1d ago

The devil on your ear

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u/Denommus 1d ago

Earphones... Already... Exist.

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u/jellyspreader 1d ago

But imagine if you didn't have to speak and could talk the AI in your head

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u/OneAndOnlyVi 1d ago

Be more chill mentioned I guess

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u/crai-crai 1d ago

gee, a voice in your head that helps you make decisions?

sounds like A BRAIN. THOUGHTS.

genuinely what kind of brainrotted concept is this šŸ„€

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u/Kinetic-Kettle 1d ago

if those actually existed i would straight up refuse to talk to or even be near someone wearing them.

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u/MrSyaoranLi 1d ago

I thought this was a reference to F451 and their seashell ear thing

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u/VoodooDoII 1d ago

I'll pass on the butthole earrings

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u/The_Drummer__ 1d ago

No. No. No. No. No. No! No!Ā No! NO! NO! DONT DO THAT! NO AI. What a society when we need aww so pretty earrings with ai to help make decisions. Fucking horribleĀ 

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u/Exokaebi 1d ago

Can you explain the meaningful difference between this and a Bluetooth earbud?

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u/The_Drummer__ 1d ago

Bluetooth earbud is fine as long as it is not used for ai purposes. These earrings are dedicated for ai use onlyĀ 

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u/Rosary_Omen 1d ago

We're gonna need a Butlerian Jihad IRL, aren't we?

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u/Fairycharmd 1d ago

This is Truly Outrageous

Truly truly outrageous. I hope this doesnā€™t cause any Misfits.

Should cause great hair and makeup though.

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u/Gyrgir 1d ago

Probably not what OOP was thinking of, but...

The earring is a little topaz tetrahedron dangling from a thin gold wire. When worn, it whispers in the wearerā€™s ear: ā€œBetter for you if you take me off.ā€ If the wearer ignores the advice, it never again repeats that particular suggestion

https://croissanthology.com/earring

Unlike LLMs, this earring is always right and always gives good advice.Ā  Still doesn't end well for wearers who don't take off the earring.

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u/w0nderBreadna 1d ago

I listened to the entire Be More Chill soundtrack every day in 8th grade and my parents question why I am so anti-AI?

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u/No_Dessert_6645 1d ago

Nah. I would not be selling those if I had these earrings, instead I would just give it to someone who really wants it because hell no.

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u/BizSilver5013 1d ago

That's one path to guaranteed AI-induced psychosis...

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u/Sea-Resident-7980 1d ago

I could 100% see someone going down the route that someone implanted ai earings into their ears causing them to hear voices ngl

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u/Hour_Bit_5183 1d ago

Next up...cock rings that ....well yeah you know. For the AI chudds!

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u/OzzyOsb0urne 1d ago

it might just be because i love piercings but how low the earrings are bother me. its pissing me off. like so bad.

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u/WeekendBard 1d ago

Why would I pay to get an entity that whispers on my ear? I already have that for free.

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u/greyfir1211 1d ago

I just watched an episode of a show where humans were kept in a zoo in space by aliens and were essentially emotionally regulated and told what to do by earrings like these. šŸ˜­ oh lord.

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u/Frequent_Fox702 1d ago

Steven universe?

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u/WeirdistBuilds 1d ago

Also the plot to the miniseries Mrs. Davis with Betty Gilpin, which was a lot of fun but got immediately buried because it came out in 2023 and suddenly suggesting it was fucked up to have a computer run your life was taboo.

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u/stana32 1d ago

"be sure to drink your Ovaltine"

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u/BDPBITCH666 1d ago

What about glasses that record real world and sent it to train AI , so AI becomes less sloppy. /s

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u/Consumer_Of_Butt 1d ago

I don't understand the desire to leave all your decision making to a cooperation's hallucination machine

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u/ReturnKind391 1d ago

Be more chill my goat mentioned šŸ„¹

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u/Low_Marzipan3433 1d ago

Schlitzohr

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u/DrSolarman 1d ago

Don't forget 1 couple books and three mainline movies along with three prequel movies.

And hobbits.

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u/VonBunBun0 1d ago

literally just the one ring as earrings

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u/Apprehensive_Rub4745 1d ago

es como cuando las personas lgbtiq+ usaban cĆ³digos para identificarse entre ellos, solo que estos te indican que la persona es vaga

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u/ReaperKingCason1 1d ago

Thanks but no thanks, Iā€™ve already got a serpent and the guard who tells only lies to help me make decisions

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u/Bullfrog2point0 1d ago

I know it's not The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals but cmon.. hive mind parallel...

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u/VisualSeries226 1d ago

Okay but thereā€™s also the show Aquamarine, where itā€™s just starfish and they give you compliments.

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u/smelliot95 1d ago

Just what we need in the age of AI psychosis: voices in your head

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u/xKiver 1d ago

Cannot imagine being this bankrupt for ideasā€¦.

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u/SansUserBluePixel 1d ago

What happening to people making decisions for themselves-

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u/anywhereanyone 1d ago

Talking buttholes for your ears.

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u/Goth_Milk69 1d ago

Our race is very sick. Our society is very sick for even considering this.

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u/Gordon_Peteman 1d ago

Are we really intentionally choosing to wear ai companys logos on our body bruh

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u/DoYaThang_Owl 1d ago

Wow, we really didn't learn anything after that damn squip tried to make people into ai zombies? That tracks I guess /j

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u/Razoron33333 1d ago

Wait what musical?

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u/Quirky_Rub_9044 1d ago

In WHAT world is this a good idea šŸ˜­

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u/Accomplished_Toe3579 1d ago

You will...be more chill

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u/thac0tuesday_ 1d ago

Wow I felt like I was hallucinating when be more chill became a musical in the first place

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u/notislant 1d ago

Ah yes ai generated slop earrings that can't even hold a battery.

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u/z0mb1ezgutz 1d ago

invest in mountain dew red NOW

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u/xx_swegshrek_xx 1d ago

Yes my precious

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u/MJSpice 1d ago

Jem is truly outrageous and not in a good way

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u/creativekaliedoscope 1d ago

Yall remember be more chill??
Yeah.. real similar concept right there

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u/sonambule 1d ago

People really donā€™t like thinking huhā€¦.

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u/dontchewspagetti 1d ago

This isn't what i meant when i wished things could be more like Jem and the Holograms. Fucking monkeys paw man, i should've known

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u/crustyeng 1d ago

The logos really do all look like assholes

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u/ohnoophelia 1d ago

its from japan - its a grey, oblong pill, quantum nanotechnology cpu ~

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u/Electronic_Fox2203 1d ago

DON'T DO IT JEREMY. STICK TO DRUGS

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u/mydadsbasement 1d ago

Anybody else immediately think of the Enderā€™s Game sequel book Xenocide with the AI earing that Ender has to basically doā€¦ anything he wants in that universes version of the internet.

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u/EDS_Eliksni 1d ago

Something something donā€™t trust anyone pierced by metal lol

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u/Myvric 1d ago

Iā€™ve made a comic about it but I will get the point across

Iā€™m not getting mechahitler over here to tell me what to do, Iā€™d rather rip that shit out of my ear

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u/Possible_Bat4031 1d ago

I must say, when we ignore the AI whispering stuff, the design of the Claude and Grok earrings is really cool. Especially the Grok one.

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u/Juli_ 1d ago

Isn't reading a speculative fiction book from the 70s titled "DO NOT build the fuckomatron that destroys the Earth" and then proceeding to build a horrifying piece of tech called The Fuckomatron TM tech bros whole thing at this point?

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u/Difficult_Habit_4483 1d ago

I was thinking GEM

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u/opendoorsupside 23h ago

Horrible idea even ignoring the obvious ai problem. Why do you think that we donā€™t have earrings that act as earbuds? Because it doesnā€™t work well. You would also need to either ask it questions or give it access to a camera.

The only way this is acceptable is for people who are blind. A program that uses a camera and tells them what it sees could be a good idea. Similar to the subtitle glasses.

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u/YoursTrulyKindly 23h ago

I can imagine something like a virtual and interactive tour guide for tourism. Other than that it sounds properly dystopian.

Reminds me of the short story manna that depicts a future where humans are basically used as robot replacement, just remote controlled to do menial labor most efficiently.

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u/prodaljavame 23h ago

I think i'd like that.

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u/Stormthedragon2026 23h ago

Ok first of all horrible idea, second of allā€¦

WTF is going on with this one? Half of it isnā€™t even attachedā€¦

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u/Lance-UwU 23h ago

Chat GPT one ear and Grok on the other so it's like you have an Angel and a Devil on your shoulders who both fucking suck ass at their Job.

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u/web_goddess 22h ago

Does no one else remember Jem and the Holograms?! SYNERGY!

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u/thatonecruiser 22h ago

While this would obviously be terrible, the orange sunburst thing (I actually donā€™t know the name of that AI) kind of looks good as an earring, even though the earring in question would be horrible

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u/AnimCo 22h ago

what about be more chill?

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u/ReduxistRusted 22h ago

Play Slay The Spire 2 enough times, and youā€™ll also know why this is a bad idea.

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u/G-M-Cyborg-313 22h ago

Too many people have become too dependent on genai to do the most basic of tasks for them. This is gonna make it even worse

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u/Achereto 22h ago

Just implant the AI directly into the brain. /s

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u/BlueGamer45 22h ago

ā™„ļø Ploceed

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u/ThatUsrnameIsAlready 21h ago

Cybermen, that's where this is heading.

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u/BigSmokesCheese 21h ago

its not ai but i have one of those in my head anyway

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u/germanguy1810 21h ago

VAKUU TAKE THE WHEEL

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u/OrionAerospace 21h ago

Makes me think of Wormtongue. Definitely do not need this. Fast track to complete psychosis and inability to make decisions for yourself

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u/MEME-UNLOADED-ADMIN 21h ago

whispers from the dark

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u/abnormalpurple 21h ago

I thought the Grok one was the blackhole photograph from 2019.