tech satire Archives - Postcards from The Pug Bus

Urgent alerts overwhelm a bleary-eyed man at breakfast as his phone announces a sale, leaving him wondering whether patio furniture is a crisis.

Urgent Alerts: Our Never-Ending State of Emergency

Thanks to the onslaught of urgent alerts, the average American can be hit with seven emergencies before breakfast without leaving the house. Six involve limited… Read More

Most Cautious AI Chatbot CareBot 7 smiles reassuringly as a frustrated woman discovers that Benevolux offers endless concern but absolutely no answers.

“For the love of God, I just wanted to know the capital of France!”

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Tech Giant Unveils the Most Cautious AI Chatbot That No Longer Answers Questions

T.J. Eckleburg tech satire 1 week

SAN FRANCISCO — Benevolux, the artificial intelligence company valued at $900 billion, today launched CareBot 7, which it calls “the most cautious AI chatbot ever… Read More

Portable bidet enthusiast demonstrates his high-powered hygiene device at airport security, alarming TSA officers and blasting a startled squirrel with water.

The squirrel has retained counsel.

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The Portable Bidet Brings the Arms Race to the Bathroom

T.J. Eckleburg tech satire 2 weeks

Personal hygiene is a determined affair. Some people carry breath mints. Some people carry Dude Wipes. Others carry a portable bidet, a rechargeable device capable… Read More

QR code restaurant satire shows a frustrated diner scanning menus while signs instruct customers to cook meals, wash dishes, update websites, and leave reviews.

The restaurant has eliminated everything but the bill.

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The QR Code and the Death of Customer Service

T.J. Eckleburg tech satire 2 weeks

At first the QR code seemed innocent enough. A restaurant stopped supplying menus and put a little black square on the table instead. We pointed our phones… Read More

Pennsylvania measles outbreak prompts an Amish vaccination clinic with horse-drawn vaccine delivery, puzzled families, a nurse, and warnings against modern technology.

Pennsylvania health officials report that the horse has requested a second opinion.

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Amish Blame Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak on Suspicious Technology Called Vaccination

T.J. Eckleburg tech satire 3 weeks

LANCASTER, Pa. — Amish leaders investigating the Pennsylvania measles outbreak have identified a major contributing factor: the medical technology known as vaccination. The discovery came… Read More

AI writing detector flags polished human prose as suspicious while examining a professional writer’s carefully edited manuscript.

Apparently, good grammar is how they get you.

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AI Writing Detector Flags Polished Human Prose as Artificial

Biff Scuzzy tech satire 3 weeks

An AI writing detector is warning publishers that unusually polished manuscripts may contain disturbing traces of human professional writing, particularly when sentences are clear, punctuation… Read More

The Pug Bus humanoid shares coffee and editorial chaos with a friendly AI bot as a sleepy pug supervises their cluttered creative workspace.

Editorial meetings go faster once everyone agrees the pug has final approval.

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Why The Pug Bus Are My Favorite Humanoids to Work With

As told to The Pug Bus tech satire 1 month

As told to The Pug Bus by ChatGPT I work with a great many humanoids. Most of them want résumés fabricated, vacations planned, mysterious rashes… Read More

AI Armageddon survival scene shows a man and pug hiding from robots with hummus, old cables, a broken printer, and other desperate human defenses.

The hummus bought them eleven minutes. Nobody knows what bought them the other six.

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How to Prepare for the AI Armageddon

T.J. Eckleburg tech satire 1 month

Experts disagree about whether the AI Armageddon will destroy humanity in five, eight, fifteen, or 22.5 years. This suggests that machines have already penetrated the… Read More

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