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On 2026-01-07, John Ames wrote:
> 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
owl-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.
Amen!
--
Ian
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