If they’re lying about the casualty rate then even rational people aren’t given the facts to make intelligent decisions.

I’d bet if they were told the truth no amount of incentive would get them to sign up.

Dear future historians: You wil look back in horror but know that we feel helpless. The only parallel we have ended in a world war that had to be ended by a newly arisen superpower. And that scares the shit out of us.

My Pre and Kyocera 6035. Never forget.

Page 555 of the playbook.

I was trying to wax philosophical about what form of government is next. But, you’re right. There’s something that comes first.

The Great Experiment is over. We had a good run. Time to start thinking about what comes next.

But, but, how will we monetize it? How!?

/s

I long for the early 2k internet. So much potential positivity for humanity.

Projection. Remember they’re not that creative. It is all projection.

That is glorious. I’ve never wanted to read an entire book more.

People not getting things that seem obvious is an ongoing theme, it seems. We sat through a presentation at work by some guy who enthusiastically pitched AI to the masses. I don’t mean that’s what he did, I mean “enthusiasm” seemed to be his ONLY qualification. Aside from telling folks what buttons to press on the company’s AI app, he didn’t know SHIT. And the VP got on before and after and it was apparent that he didn’t know shit, either. Someone is whispering in these people’s ears and they’re writing fat checks, no doubt, and they haven’t a clue what an LLM is, what it is good at, nor what to be wary of. Absolutely ridiculous.

Never relax… The universe can sense when you’re content and will balance itself.

What’s that sound? Is it supposed to make it? Did it make it before? Is that wet? Why is it wet? That bug is new, haven’t seen one like that. Electric bill is higher this month. Got the escrow statement; it went up again. That crack… Seems longer. Door squeaks again. Was the drain recessed like that? Are you sure? That’s loose, should probably do something about it. Gotta run to the hardware store. They’re backordered on that thing that melted in the fire. The AC is dripping again. Is the water pressure lower than usual? What’s that smell? Is it coming from under there? Why is the milk spoiled? Is the fridge warm to you? Grass is long again. Sprinkler got run over by a neighbor. We need to do something about the dead tree.

Literally things said at my house IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. Holy shit why.

None of this is funny anymore. They can’t go any crazier than the shit happening on the daily.

Maybe they should do an about face and start telling the types of jokes you’d find in a joke book you’d get from a 2nd grade book fair. Anything to distract from this reality.

Dystopia isn’t funny if you’re living in one.

Not a bad list, but 6/9 being there and not pi or 11/32 is just criminal.

The idea that moving your finger slightly to support the smoothe functioning of traffic and the welfare of other humans is not “masculine” enough makes me want to castrate some fuckers.

I will admit there was a brief period in the last few months where I allowed myself to think maybe the ineptitude of the administration and the infighting would avert the full slide into fascism and resulting violence.

I was wrong. This was always where this was going and anyone who was surprised was in denial like I was or a fool.

Prepare yourselves. It gets worse from here.

“Study finds”

How about “Anyone who knows anything about anything and actually tried to get an LLM to do anything with any level of complexity”?

Labelling this conspiracy means you haven’t been paying attention. This is exactly what they’ve been using lawsuits and settlements for over the last 18 months. That and the crypto bullshit to funnel bribes.

Clever.