Post #4247481

2026-07-30 16:37 UTC

Megacorp just bought all the rare Stradivarius violins in existence to train their robots on vibrato technique. Per law, the violins have been shredded and are now being repurposed as toothpicks

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@rwg@aoir.social 2026-07-30 16:40

What readers are saying: The comments overwhelmingly criticize Megacorp's approach to acquiring violins for robot training, labeling it as a degradation of human craft. Many commenters express disbelief that such actions could be justified under the "robot overlords" doctrine. This summary is AI-generated. AI can make mistakes and this summary is not a replacement for reading the comments.

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@JoannaCanFixIT@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 19:09

@rwg@aoir.social I'm out of the loop, but it sounds like this post is about books and ai

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@canleaf@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 19:15

@rwg@aoir.social i misread this as "Mediacorp bought up all stradivarius violins" and wondered what the S'porean broadcaster had to do with that.

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@ModernMaslow@techhub.social 2026-07-30 19:39

@rwg@aoir.social I'm copping an attitude, reading up on this, and intend to book 'em.

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