XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 22:37:40 -0500   
   c186282  wrote:   
      
   > Sorry, but THIS is how I see it all going, soon.   
   >   
   > The whole research/commercial/regulatory universe is 101% for AI and   
   > nothing BUT the AI.   
   >   
   > I wouldn't be surprised if non-AI-Slave PCs are either deliberately   
   > sabotaged or made illegal. This is Giant Money, Giant Power.   
      
   Doesn't matter how much money they throw at it - what they're selling   
   will never do half of what they're claiming, and they're singularly un-   
   interested in researching anything else. The VC firehose is already   
   starting to dribble; it's taken *entirely* too long, but investors have   
   finally begun to look at the "burn infinite money on things that don't   
   work -> ??? -> profit...?" plan and go "wait, maybe we *don't* want to   
   do that?" Ed Zitron's been writing about this for a couple years now,   
   and just covered that recently:   
      
   https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifinancial-crisis/#blue-o   
   l-in-a-coal-mine   
      
   It's been infuriating but also hilarious to watch this much money flail   
   blindly for this long at things the people backing it plainly have no   
   understanding of, simply because a handful of grifters/con-men suckered   
   them in with the promise of "you'll *totally* be able to fire everyone   
   and replace them with chatbots Real Soon Now." It's gonna be a global   
   financial disaster when the bubble finally goes, mind you, but there is   
   a certain black comedy to it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)