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		ashwagary on Aug 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Thomas Edison Tricked the Press into Believing... >How Thomas Edison oversold the qualities of an early lightbulb prototype to media and investors. Theranos's "Edison Machine" springs to mind.

mimd on Aug 17, 2023 [–]

Hehehe. Maybe people should stop naming things after Eddie. Bad luck.

However Theranos', didn't succeed in it's BS. Kinda need to find a product which was BS initially but later was developed into that product. Some of the old Google AI demos spring to mind.

Thomas "Fake it to you develope it" Edison?

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