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Munu

(259 posts) Sun May 10, 2026, 03:11 PM Yesterday

Before there was Amazon. The Dot Com bubble of the 1990's. Who remembers these guys?

Ever order anything from them?

I still have those Nickelback CDs.

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Before there was Amazon. The Dot Com bubble of the 1990's. Who remembers these guys? (Original Post) Munu Yesterday OP

Sears & Roebuck was the Amazon of its day, over 100 years. Norrrm Yesterday #1

Wasn't Skynet the villain in the Terminator movies ? eppur_se_muova Yesterday #2

Somebody gets it. Munu 8 hrs ago #3

Natural intelligence is far from exhausted, hence my skepticism of the need for "AI", which I believe is inaccurately eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #4

Norrrm

(5,495 posts)

1. Sears & Roebuck was the Amazon of its day, over 100 years.

Reply to Munu (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 04:23 PM

Yesterday

eppur_se_muova

(42,404 posts)

2. Wasn't Skynet the villain in the Terminator movies ?

Reply to Munu (Original post)

Sun May 10, 2026, 04:44 PM

Yesterday

I guess that's what they call horizontal integration.

Munu

(259 posts)

3. Somebody gets it.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #2)

Mon May 11, 2026, 11:38 AM

8 hrs ago

In the movies, the 1990s is when Skynet takes over.

Full disclosure. I made that logo.
Didn't even use AI, just pre-existing clip art. I simulated AI.

eppur_se_muova

(42,404 posts)

4. Natural intelligence is far from exhausted, hence my skepticism of the need for "AI", which I believe is inaccurately

Reply to Munu (Reply #3)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:28 PM

1 hr ago

labelled -- strictly for marketing purposes, of course.

It's imitation intelligence, at very best.

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