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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Wednesday’s presentation for 2026 mostly hammers on Son’s love of AI. Son said: [Reuters]

I think it’s blasphemy against AI if ‌you say it’s a bubble.

[THIS IS WHAT AI CULTISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE]

Also, “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs” is a cautionary fable about greed being bad.

Knowing that would require techbros to actually read, so I'm not shocked

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Knowing that would require techbros to actually read, so I’m not shocked

This made me wonder/have a quick revelation. You know how those 419-scams are intentionally misspelled a bit so people who would not fall for the scam later down the line get weeded out early? What if this is why all these companies name themselves after evil artifacts, and or misuse fables, etc (I seem to recall a Hillary Clinton convention also had a 'we are gonna do ozymandias' thing, but not sure if that was real). It is to weed out the skeptics who might scare away the easier marks. What if this isn't by accident, but intentional? (Could also just be my paranoia).