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usonian

(23,605 posts) Mon Dec 29, 2025, 03:37 PM Dec 29

What's the Stupidest Use of AI You Saw In 2025? (slashdot.org)

Some very interesting replies.

https://m.slashdot.org/story/450707

"I don't usually read or recommend Slashdot"

But this was interesting, And Hacker News readers haven't had time to reply to the question there.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424973

None after all of 24 minutes!

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What's the Stupidest Use of AI You Saw In 2025? (slashdot.org) (Original Post) usonian Dec 29 OP

Honestly, almost all uses of genAI strike me as stupid. But I remember getting a laugh out of the WSJ highplainsdem Dec 29 #1

All of them Blue Owl Dec 29 #2

I couldn't agree more! SheltieLover Dec 29 #3

"Creative writing" stories on youtube mr715 Dec 29 #4

highplainsdem

(60,078 posts)

1. Honestly, almost all uses of genAI strike me as stupid. But I remember getting a laugh out of the WSJ

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 04:15 PM

Dec 29

story referred to in that Slashdot article.

And of course, as the year ended, the Wall Street Journal announced that a vending machine run by Anthropic's Claude AI had been tricked into giving away hundreds of dollars in merchandise for free, including a PlayStation 5, a live fish, and underwear.