“Bad things now for good things later” is the oldest scam in the book.

That’s exactly the same logic that gets people to send their money to fake Nigerian princes with the promise they’ll be rewarded with riches later.

When the name is worth more than the product, you know the whole industry is bullshit.

Zimulated

Jesus… I totally misread the article. I thought it was 6 trillion total, not 6 trillion yearly revenue. That’s so, so much worse.

We’re up to 8.3 billion people now, fam.

6 trillion / 8.3 billion = ~750

And that number has to be spread over 5 years since the target date to raise the 6 trillion is 2031.

750 / 5 = 150

But, like I said, that’s still just a conservative estimate that doesn’t account for the fact that the AI firms have astronomical operating costs to cover.

In order to make $6 trillion by 2031, every human being on earth would have to spend at least $150 per year on average.

Maybe that doesn’t sound like a lot if you’re already paying a $100 a month for a Claude max subscription or whatever, but consider that the vast majority of people don’t pay for any AI at all, and have no interest in ever paying for it.

Also, $150 is a best-case scenario where revenue is 100% profit. In actual reality, the profit margins are much, much lower, and may not even exist at all!

What we like to call a “target-rich environment”

Given that the role of the modern senator is basically just to accept donations from monied interest groups and then do exactly as they say, one could argue that Fetterman is an extremely good senator.

https://xkcd.com/1171/

AI slop gonna AI slop

That fact that this is one of the most grossly over-engineered websites I’ve ever seen really undercuts the point of the article for me.

It’s a fucking blog post. Not everything needs to have animated UI and fancy scrolling and interactive elements. Just let me read, Jesus Christ…

The entire thing stinks of Claude

“chose not to” glosses over a LOT of nuance. Saying that 1/3 of Americans just choose not to vote may be technically true, but it’s basically the same thing as saying certain ethnic groups commit more crime while completely ignoring the historical, political, economic and cultural forces that created that situation.

Hot take: thing that has happened organically since the dawn of entertainment will continue to happen organically

1/3, actually.

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Shockingly many of them have made public statements saying they believe this technology will destroy humanity… so using their own testimony, I suppose?

I’m sure Bungie would be happy to have the work, given their current catalog…

The last thing I wanna see is Call of Duty: Spartan Ops or whatever the fuck, but let’s not pretend that 343/Halo Studios are any better. Their stewardship of the Halo franchise has been an unmitigated disaster from the start.

“We’re sorry and we’re listening” has basically been Bungie’s motto for the entire post-Halo era.

Not saying they can’t pull off a comeback, but Jesus Christ… this is like the sixth or seventh time they’ve had to make an announcement like this. Somebody break the fucking cycle already…

ETA: I’ll be curious to see if they shoot themselves in the dick again by charging players to regain access to the vaulted content.