People are worried about sentient AI making decisions without human input, whether it’s something small like an online order they didn’t want or speculating about how soon we’ll get to Terminator’s Skynet. Amazon said, “Wouldn’t it be fun to bring people’s worst fears to life?”
I didn’t understand the “AI Will Kill You” commercial for AI
— Eli Valley (@elivalley) February 9, 2026
After its bouncing QR code from 2022, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase tried to be clever again with its Super Bowl 60 ad. It turns out, you can’t endear people to crypto simply by putting a Backstreet Boys song on the karaoke machine. (But probably because Bitcoin and Ethereum both took huge dives in recent weeks.)
this perfectly captures public opinion of crypto pic.twitter.com/21poRUqNol
— tyler oakley (@tyleroakley) February 9, 2026
Surveillance device maker Ring tried to show Americans the benefit of an always-on neighborhood watch. That’s not what many viewers took away from the ad, given the ongoing raids by ICE agents across the country.
ring offering to turn your neighborhood into an AI fueled surveillance state under the guise of “helping you find your lost dog” is CRAZY
— brig 🐦🔥 (@82erssy) February 9, 2026
Being in the middle of a housing crisis on top of a general affordability crisis has many would-be first time home buyers only dreaming about ever knowing life outside of their parents’ basement. And they didn’t appreciate their childhood hero, Mr. Rogers, being used to advertise mortgages they can’t afford.
Using Mr. Rogers in a Super Bowl commercial for mortgages should result in prison time
— Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. (@clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social) February 8, 2026 at 7:34 PM
