The B*stard Son of Clippy
by @andybalham
NSFWLiner Notes
The AI pushers are trying to get us hooked on convenience, when what we need is to give each other a little human attention before we automate ourselves out of existence.
Lyrics
Another email, another message Another post, another tweet It’s modern life overload That’s overwhelming me
A solution, to my problem Has arrived, and just in time With the click of a button I hit the auto-reply
[Chorus] It’s the bastard son of Clippy At each and every turn “Would you like some help with that?” While the planet burns Yes, the bastard son of Clippy Wants to burrow inside your life Strip away your humanity One click at a time
Now I offload, my interactions Now I never, have to think With my bestie, Clippy Junior It’s all win, win, win
He’s freed me, from the hassle He’s freed me, from the chore Of maintaining my connections My friendships and much more
[Chorus]
Now the agents, call the agents Those agents, return the calls Will the agents, start to realise They don’t need us at all
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After all that AI bs I want clippy back. This one had been annoying but did not polute the environment as much as their bustard sons and cousins. I have pictures from the bots calling bots... great lyrics and very rocking tune
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Old skool vibes. I do love the title phrase, it made me laugh just seeing it. Funky vocals do this justice. I'm not old enough to verify whether it sounds like one band or the other, but definitely has a classic punk rock feel. Very chair-danceable!
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Very well said, sir.
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The second coming of the B52s / Talking Heads ! Damn this is soooooo good!!!! The chorus rips!!!
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People are mentioning Jello, but this is B-52s to me. And being old enough to have being infuriated with Clippy makes this extra relatable! I hate AI so much. Excellent song and message.
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Looks like I'm not the only one who was getting a Jello vibe from this brilliant witty track! I'm so done with Microslop trying to force CrapPilot on users at every turn...Google causing Gemini to butt into my writing in Docs...arrrgh! All the generative slop...ugh. It's madness. Fun drive to the song too...right on!
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Woah! When did Jello Biafra join FAWM?! This is so good, and powerful! You're right. Not only are we automating ourselves out of existence, but out of the ability to think. I've already experienced wishing I could just react with an emoji to a song I liked on here rather than comment, which requires thought. It was a scary moment.
Phenomenal punk tune.
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This is fantastic. The "he's freed me" verse gives me chills, and I love your vocals on the whole thing.