Jason SnellLegitimately surprised it was the "Crush" ad and not the AI-powered replacements for musicians as the thing that fed the discourse.
Me, I'm still shaking my head about the guy gleefully editing Numbers spreadsheets on BART.
David Crooks 🏳️🌈@jsnell I wonder if there’s a sense, even now, of the AI musicians being “well that’s AI”. (for good or ill)
Whereas the Crush ad feels more viscerally wrong; I winced when that piano was crushed. Just ill-considered.
@dcrooks The piano is what made me sad, too. If they destroyed a real piano I hope it was a very busted and broken one
@jsnell 100% agreed.
I’m going to assume it lived a long life and was played by many people and brought many others joy.