ok so I've got a furby now,
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@aeva Realizing that I did not at all understand what Furbies were for, apparently.
Was the idea to give your kid early exposure to a simulation of being friends with kind of a pushy hippie, way before they're old enough for anyone to possibly invite them to Burning Man?
@klara @aeva The 80s and 90s liked its toys to be disturbing mockeries of life, mostly because the independent inventors making this stuff were the types who would go to Burning Man, and watch gremlins stoned.
Remember Teddy Ruxpin and the various brands of creepy animatronic baby dolls? There were even animatronic Cabbage Patch Kid dolls for maximum horror factor.
The main market for Furbies today are the people who are actually nostalgic for this kind of nightmare fuel, but also want something that is better at conning them into thinking it is alive.
In short, LLM users.
I still break out into a cold sweat when remembering the demon chanting "u-lah lee loh, u-lah lee loh" in the middle of the night from my brother's bedroom.
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@klara @aeva The 80s and 90s liked its toys to be disturbing mockeries of life, mostly because the independent inventors making this stuff were the types who would go to Burning Man, and watch gremlins stoned.
Remember Teddy Ruxpin and the various brands of creepy animatronic baby dolls? There were even animatronic Cabbage Patch Kid dolls for maximum horror factor.
The main market for Furbies today are the people who are actually nostalgic for this kind of nightmare fuel, but also want something that is better at conning them into thinking it is alive.
In short, LLM users.
I still break out into a cold sweat when remembering the demon chanting "u-lah lee loh, u-lah lee loh" in the middle of the night from my brother's bedroom.
@Mayabotics @klara interestingly the 2023 redesign is very clear that there is no app involved, no internet connection is involved what soever, and the furby is very definitely not spying on you. so I think you are partially wrong, the target audience is someone who *does not* want an LLM in their home
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@Mayabotics @klara interestingly the 2023 redesign is very clear that there is no app involved, no internet connection is involved what soever, and the furby is very definitely not spying on you. so I think you are partially wrong, the target audience is someone who *does not* want an LLM in their home
@Mayabotics @klara imo they did a pretty good job at not hitting the uncanny valley with this guy.
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@aeva I assume you're familiar with the midi furby organ?
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@aeva does it feast from your dark fears or something?
@archiloque blessedly it hasn't woken up again since I took out its batteries
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@Mayabotics @klara imo they did a pretty good job at not hitting the uncanny valley with this guy.
@Mayabotics @klara also consider I did put that on my wishlist, so you are talking shit about me right now whether or not you intended it
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@Mayabotics @klara also consider I did put that on my wishlist, so you are talking shit about me right now whether or not you intended it
@Mayabotics @klara now, I'm sure your first instinct will be to reply "but aeva, you're different, the average person does not see a furby as a raw material for unhinged projects" a quick search on youtube says otherwise
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@Mayabotics @klara now, I'm sure your first instinct will be to reply "but aeva, you're different, the average person does not see a furby as a raw material for unhinged projects" a quick search on youtube says otherwise
@aeva @klara Oh good, I’m glad you already know about the unhinged projects. Also not surprised.
There’s a repeating exhibition of Furby art in Madison on Friday the 13th (at least, the most recent handful of them), which isn’t really big enough to justify a trip from Chicago by itself but would definitely be a highlight of a visit if you happen to have other reasons.
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@aeva @klara Oh good, I’m glad you already know about the unhinged projects. Also not surprised.
There’s a repeating exhibition of Furby art in Madison on Friday the 13th (at least, the most recent handful of them), which isn’t really big enough to justify a trip from Chicago by itself but would definitely be a highlight of a visit if you happen to have other reasons.
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this is The Creature, btw. allegedly it glows in the dark
@aeva
That furby was born to say things like:
"I am an emmisary of the Elder Gods. They will soon be breaching this dimension. You can choose to submit, or be annihilated. To submit, hug me"
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