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   Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 07:47:24 JST Gabe Kangas
   I think I might have posted about the ridiculous “AI smoothie” shop that opened a month or so ago. I noticed shortly after they opened a sign went up that said “be back in one hour”, and the shop never opened again.
   
   This article sums it up. I particularly like how they called out how clear it was that all of their “happy customer” photos are all obviously AI generated.
   
   This is what hype looks like.
   
   https://slashdot.org/story/23/10/31/1737220/an-ai-smoothie-shop-opened-in-san-francisco-with-much-hype-why-is-it-closed-already
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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 07:47:23 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @gabek Huh. I thought about stopping by there while on an office visit. Not to buy a smoothie. Just to gawk at it.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 08:07:53 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @gabek I feel like you took a bullet for me there. I probably would have combusted if I actually went in.

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     Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 08:07:55 JST Gabe Kangas

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman
     @roadriverrail I went out of morbid curiosity. It was just a smoothie place with an app to order the smoothie. The only “AI” I noticed was it took all the ingredients you selected and gave you a name for the drink. Like “Blueberry banana blast” or whatever.