Thank you for joining our sous vide botnet! Enjoy your steak. nymag.com/selectall/2017/07/…
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now that i think about this, selling knockoff home appliances with wifi via amazon might be the best ever way to roll your own botnet
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behold, my botnet army of bidets, dishwashers and hairdryers will cripple AWS
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THE END OF THE CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT DID NOT COME ABOUT BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WAR OR FOOD
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NO, WE WERE THROWN BACK TO THE STONE AGE BY TWENTY MILLION CONNECTED LIGHTBULBS, BECOMING SENTIENT AT ONCE

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brb writing a book about how sentient IOT sous vides accidentally kill humanity
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I’m sure the reality is far less exciting and my Smart lights have actually been a bitcoin miner this whole time
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but seriously though why has nobody launched a smart toilet that also is part of the block chain yet
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You could say one day the bulbnet had an epiphany alternatively a light bulb went on
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And they communicated with us by rapidly cycling a huge palette of colors, "Third Encounters"-style, in sync with music from Spotify.
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Did they have a bright idea?
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Or in the age of AI everywhere, the smart things go all “I, Robot” and become judge, jury, and executioner.
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There's a "how many AIs does it take to screw in a light bulb?" joke hiding in there somewhere.
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the future is bright.