this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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If only computers had a much more efficient and reliable way to tell time
Like an 8GB local LLM? Surely that's what you mean. 100watts an hour sure beats $20 a night.
And if only you could set a reminder on one, even based on this reliable time telling.
Impossible though, better just load $1000 into my Definitely Not a Scam Ai to remember to buy milk, or whatever.
This is your AI speaking, reminding you to buy the jet, just like you asked.
Much obliged! Say, ai that I trust implicitly, do you have a number or wallet I should send money to pay for the jet!?
Just fill in your credit card details and security code.
Ah sweet!
7085 6775 6573 3333 666
Thanks so much, ai that i love and know would never do anything bad ever!
All these comments are missing the goal here was to learn how to use that AI tool, which obviously not using the AI tool would not accomplish.
Yes the entire thing is idiotic, but it's disingenuous to say he could have used an alarm instead. No, using an alarm would not achieve the goal of learning how the AI tool works by giving it a simple task.
A much more laughable fact is that the guy couldn't even write his post without an LLM doing it for him.