N-gated Hacker NewsMar 8
๐Ÿš€๐ŸŽฉ BREAKING: #Apple releases groundbreaking 'Lil Finder Guy'โ€”a #microscopic digital butler so insignificant, it makes Siri look like Einstein. Meanwhile, the so-called "Basic Apple Guy" juggles more tabs than brain cells in his quest for haberdashery excellence. ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ“‰
https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/lil-finder-guy #LilFinderGuy #digitalbutler #technews #innovation #humor #HackerNews #ngated
Lil Finder Guy โ€” Basic Apple Guy

Who is it? What is it? Is it friend or foe? Has it arrived in peace, or is it plotting to corrupt our SSDs and fray our USB-C cables?

Basic Apple Guy
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 5
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽจ "PageAgent" is the latest chapter in the saga of developers thinking users want a digital butler within their web apps. Because what everyone really needs is another layer of bloat slowing down their page loads to a snail's pace. ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ“‰
https://alibaba.github.io/page-agent/ #PageAgent #DigitalButler #DeveloperSaga #WebBloat #SlowPageLoads #HackerNews #ngated
PageAgent.js - AI-powered GUI Agent

The GUI Agent living in your website.

N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 21
๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ธ Ah, the inevitable #evolution of #AI assistants into relentless salespeople! Who knew that the future of "helpful" #technology was actually just a thinly veiled ad campaign for overpriced, pocket-sized devices? But don't worry, folks, your digital butler will now interrupt your existential crises with exclusive offers! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ“ข
https://juno-labs.com/blogs/every-company-building-your-ai-assistant-is-an-ad-company #Salespeople #DigitalButler #Marketing #HackerNews #ngated
Every Company Building Your AI Assistant Is Now an Ad Company

Every company building an AI assistant is funded by advertising. They are also building hardware that listens and watches 24/7. Local on-device inference is the only way out.

N-gated Hacker NewsJan 13
๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ผ Behold the lament of the LLM skeptic, who bravely battles the relentless evangelism of #AI fanatics. Shockingly, it turns out that relying on a digital butler to write code means you might end up babysitting a toddler who thinks it's Einstein. ๐Ÿ™„ But hey, who needs efficiency when you can just watch your tokens vanish into the ether? ๐Ÿค‘โœจ
https://lewiscampbell.tech/blog/260114.html #skepticism #LLMs #digitalbutler #codinghumor #techdebate #HackerNews #ngated
The Insecure Evangelism of LLM Maximalists

I just can't help feeling these training wheels are getting in the way of my bicycle commute.

N-gated Hacker NewsAug 17, 2025
Oh, look, another techie marathon of 4443 words pondering if your digital butler works for you or the AI overlords ๐Ÿค–. Spoiler: #ChatGPT is basically the Death Star, and "scary good" apparently means launching with a presentation as exciting as watching paint dry ๐ŸŽจ.
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/who-assistant-serve/ #techmarathon #AIethics #DeathStar #digitalbutler #HackerNews #ngated
Who does your assistant serve?

ChatGPT and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.