“AI toothbrushes” are coming for your teeth—and your data
App-connected toothbrushes bring new privacy concerns to the bathroom.
One of the rare cases where this is a serious option: just don't buy it. People say that for phones that spy on you, but that's ridiculous because that is quite hard for some people. This is not. Use a regular toothbrush. Duck tape a vibrator motor to the handle if you really feel like that helps. You don't need the ai, and it is unlikely that you will only ever be able to buy ai toothbrushes.
As a man with ADHD and poor oral hygiene, I need to get one of these just so that the assistant in my toothbrush gets lonely and depressed.
Just when things are starting to get their most bleak, I'll use it to scrub my toilet.
Hopefully they don't creep up on all toothbrushes like how Smart TVs replaced dumb TVs.
There's no way in hell I will ever own a toothbrush with any sort of connectivity, but electric toothbrushes really are pretty great. Teeth feel way cleaner.
I've heard the sonic ones are amazing because they can clean the pockets between the gum and tooth... never had the money for that though.
Lol i named myself "AI Toothbrush" on a bunch of platforms way back in like 2018 before all the ai shit and its kinda coming back at me.
Nice try big AI. You're not coming anywhere near my teeth.
Or my data
Or at least take him out to dinner first.
Leverage your username and make that money!
I still jerk off manually
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God I can only imagine spoonkid reading this sponsor out and it wouldn't even sound off
Of course you do.
Can I reuse the graphics card from my blockchain toothbrush?
No, the DRM prevents you. You'll need to subscribe to the premium toothbrush package.
Jokes aside, what practical purpose does this actually serve..?
Marketing
Apparently no one did any market research first:
https://futurism.com/the-byte/study-consumers-turned-off-products-ai
Hahaha. Not for my fucking teeth. I’ll use a wire brush before I use a fucking AI toothbrush.
Wait till you learn that your rice cooker uses fuzzy logic
Our rice cooker's only "logic" is a spring that lifts the bowl off the element once enough water has evaporated.
Inspects saucepan
It does? Wow this technology stuff is more insidious than I thought.
fuzzy logic doesn't send a constant stream of user data back to the mother company.
The problem isn't using choice making systems, the problem is using purchased appliances as spyware for corporate profit.
Fuck off, not happening.
this 'AI' all the things stuff really reminds me of the 'smart' all the things trend from a few years back... sooner or later people will realize exactly what should and should not be connected like this... like 'smart/ai' rice cookers and washing machines... and toothbrushes... like WHY??
I'm already annoyed at the prevalence of that 2-min timer on every powered toothbrush.
Why? To brush your teeth properly you need the full 2 min. I sometimes take longer
That's sorta my point.
IIRC, the 2 minutes is the bare-minimum, and intended for someone with perfect teeth and technique. Now most people (ones who aren't perfect) use the toothbrush, their common reaction to the timer completing is they are done brushing. They don't realize that they were likely rushing to keep up with the timer and ignoring different plaque hot spots.
I personally have a couple crowns that my previous dentist screwed up on and mis-sized the base, leaving a ledge where food and plaque get stuck in. If I don't spend extra time around them, tatar will form like a madman. (Same issue with my lingual bar before I had it removed)
I'm alright with a timer to help keep rhythm and let you know when you hit the minimum, but don't make it integral to using the damn brush and turn it off when it hits zero.
Sounds like clickbait
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