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Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I can't believe a random technical error would design and deploy a Black Friday popup ad right at the time of year where it would be relevant.

The machines are going too far, we need to shut them down.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The ~~machines~~ corporate executives are going too far, we need to shut them down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe the corporate executives are robots. That would explain a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I remember reading about companies developing ML based software that touted some effectiveness at replacing CEOs, though it never seemed to have went anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The machines are going too far, we need to shut them down.

I can't think of a more relevant time to have just finished reading Player Piano for the first time yesterday.