when meta tells you who they are, believe them https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/meta-launched-a-new-ai-optimism-ad-set-to-a-song-about-human-extinction/
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@davidgerard Meta seems to run on stolen ideas and self-owns -- and somehow they print money doing it.
I don't understand this world and I would like to get off the ride now.
It's a shame the Bowie estate allowed this.
@grb090423 @davidgerard
The Bowie Estate: "So, you want to use this specific song in an ad?"
Meta: "Yes! Well pay anything!"
TBE: "Five Years?"
Meta: "Yes, it's such a poignant song with a great message, and it would be perfect!"
TBE: "…"
TBE: *starts giggling*
@davidgerard "These guys make a great argument for the value of studying the humanities." Yes. Yes, indeed. I also like the featured Alex Blechman tweet very much. It summarizes so well my WTF!? face upon Sillicon Valley's strange literary inspirations. You often wonder, if they've read the same book. If so, they definitely did not draw the same conclusions.
@davidgerard Call us tone-deaf?
Reminds me of when MSN used 'Homeward Bound' the soundtrack for their ads. The lyrics just after the ad ended were:
Every day's an endless stream,
of cigarettes and magazines,
and all my words come back to me,
in shades of mediocrity,
like emptiness in harmony.
Which, actually, was quite appropriate for MSN.
@david_chisnall @davidgerard I mean, Microsoft famously asked the Stones for an edit of "Start Me Up" for the Windows 95 release, to remove the repeating refrain that "You make a grown man CRYYYYY!"
Shame, they would have been a great way of doing expectations management for the 9x series!
