Whether or not in Historical Greek parodies, Shakespeare’s delicate jabs on the haughty higher class or Jon Stewart’s takedowns of the most recent Washington absurdities, humor is usually a razor-edged weapon that shapes public opinion. Final weekend, we have been reminded once more of comedy’s capacity to strike on the wealthy and highly effective when somebody hacked Silicon Valley crosswalks to play artificial voice impersonations of Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk.
“Hello, that is Elon Musk,” the voice impersonating the Trump ally and federal authorities dismantler stated. “Welcome to Palo Alto, the house of Tesla Engineering. You realize, they are saying cash cannot purchase happiness. And… yeah, okay… I assume that is true. God is aware of I’ve tried. However it might purchase a Cybertruck, and that is fairly sick, proper? …Proper?? Fuck, I am so alone.”
“Hello, that is Mark Zuckerberg, however actual ones name me the Zuck,” the artificial voice of Meta’s CEO stated over one crosswalk speaker. “It is regular to really feel uncomfortable and even violated as we forcefully insert AI into each side of your aware expertise. And I simply wish to guarantee you, you needn’t fear as a result of there’s completely nothing you are able to do to cease it. Anyway, see ya.”
The movies have gathered over 100,000 likes on TikTok and practically 400,000 views on X (sarcastically). Palo Alto On-line reviews (by way of TechCrunch) that they could possibly be heard in downtown intersections in Redwood Metropolis, Menlo Park and Palo Alto however had been eliminated starting on Saturday.
“Hello, that is Elon Musk,” one other crosswalk speaker emitted. “And I might wish to personally welcome you to Palo Alto. Individuals preserve saying most cancers is unhealthy, however have you ever tried being a most cancers? It is fucking superior.”
“Hey, it is Zuck right here,” one other voice stated. “I simply needed to inform you how very proud I’m of all the things we have been constructing collectively. From undermining democracy to cooking our grandparents’ brains with AI slop to creating the world much less secure for trans individuals, no one does it higher than us. And I believe that is fairly neat. Zuck out!”
Lastly, a Palo Alto speaker carried out armchair psychology on the Tesla CEO. “Hello, I am Elon. Can we be mates? Will you be my good friend? I am going to provide you with a Cybertruck, I promise. Okay, look, you do not know the extent of depravity I’d stoop to only for a crumb of approval. I imply, let’s be actual. It is not like I had any ethical convictions to start with, proper?”
