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Meta's AI commercial uses "Five Years" to signal impending doom

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A Mastodon user shared a commercial from Meta that uses David Bowie's song "Five Years" to evoke a sense of impending doom related to AI. The user expressed disbelief and concern over Meta's messaging, questioning why the company would associate the future of AI with such a bleak outlook. AI

RANK_REASON User opinion on a commercial, not a primary AI development.

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Meta's AI commercial uses "Five Years" to signal impending doom

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Caught this commercial the other day and couldn’t believe what I was watching. Meta is telling us we have “Five Years” before the end of the world. Five years,

    Caught this commercial the other day and couldn’t believe what I was watching. Meta is telling us we have “Five Years” before the end of the world. Five years, that’s all we’ve got. Five years, my brain hurts a lot. https:// auralcrave.com/en/2026/07/27/w hy-meta-used-david-bowie…

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