But probably not for worker suppression, propaganda milling, and mass surveillance.

Yeah, AI has been around in some form almost as long as computers have, and it’s been quietly useful that whole time. But everyone using generative AI over the past few years to try and make a quick buck with little effort or churn out propaganda is overshadowing everything. It’ll be nice in a few years, after the bubble pops, to go back to AI being a niche use case.

Of course, it’s Twitter. I’m more surprised nobody asked grok.

On one hand, all these redundant middle manager jobs are the ones that should be done away with. Although they shouldn’t be replaced by AI. Their jobs were probably already better replaced by a script or Excel spreadsheet.

On the other hand, these business leaders don’t have enough common sense to restructure roles and responsibilities after this big a shakeup, and the workers will be the ones stuck carrying the extra burden.

Credit to the top comment on the article:

I’ve heard of enshittification but this is ridiculous

I guess it doesn’t surprise me that we’re now seeing AI dataset trainers as a market for harvested user data. Using reddit as a direct marketplace just out in the open is new to me, but makes sense given the kinds of other stuff people sell on there.

Because our tax dollars have been bankrolling this whole thing for a while now.

Not the best comparison given the interstate highways systems’ history of disproportionately targeting Black and Latino communities.

If I choose to install and use an LLM on my device, sure. That doesn’t mean Google should take it upon themselves to ship one baked into the browser, with no way to opt out or remove it without it being re-downloaded.

Assuming Google will respect privacy is certainly a take.

Tell me more about the worker protections extended to the children working in Nike sweatshops.

Assuming any of the proposed data centers, even the mentioned 15GW’s worth that are “under construction,” ever actually get built. Unfortunately it looks like we’re steering more toward another 1929 than another 1999.

Damn, the market is an idiot.

All of them

What was that saying? If everywhere you go smells like shit, check your adult diaper?

Notice Trump’s little gem of Marjorie “Traitor” Brown. Brown, not Greene, because brown is the color of poo.

My wife did say she didn’t like seeing all the stuff just out like that. I reminded her it was a small compromise compared to spending over $100/mo on streaming services.

Dust and jank, you say?

Mine is Final Fantasy summon monsters!

What was that about national security and bringing those jobs back stateside?

Promise?

And she lost her house while in jail.