Federal workers’ online sanctuary, r/FedNews, is getting bombarded with ads for AI. Plus, AI-generated art controversy and another sign the bubble's bursting?
The intersection of AI and politics has never looked to this authoritarian before. From Grok 3 leaving to higher prices on X, two TV drama that look like a CIA op to throw Ukraine's leader under the bus, DOGE is clearly undermining the US state. But the results cannot be better than what we had before. Do we want to live under the authority of AI systems and the tycoons who run them? Is that what we really want?
Another reason you do not ever use the company's app. You use the website and an ad blocker so that filth from the goons at those companies doesn't get impressions.
Excellent article, as always. I'd certainly be happy if Microsoft's seeing some writing on the wall, though something tells me even if the bubble does burst, there'll be a hoard of companies that'll cling to the AI promise of cheap labour and replacing creatives/desk workers up to the bitter end.
I keep wondering what it will take to burst the bubble. If DeepSeek didn't do it, what will? I mean, Uber limped along unprofitably for over a decade. I don't know what it will take for genAI investors to have their Minksy moment.
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date on this unfolding nightmare. That was great that you actually got a quote from Reddit. It seems these days that the standard thing to see in any investigative piece is "we reached out to -- for comment but heard nothing as of press time" which of course is what you got from the advertiser.
The intersection of AI and politics has never looked to this authoritarian before. From Grok 3 leaving to higher prices on X, two TV drama that look like a CIA op to throw Ukraine's leader under the bus, DOGE is clearly undermining the US state. But the results cannot be better than what we had before. Do we want to live under the authority of AI systems and the tycoons who run them? Is that what we really want?
Another reason you do not ever use the company's app. You use the website and an ad blocker so that filth from the goons at those companies doesn't get impressions.
Excellent article, as always. I'd certainly be happy if Microsoft's seeing some writing on the wall, though something tells me even if the bubble does burst, there'll be a hoard of companies that'll cling to the AI promise of cheap labour and replacing creatives/desk workers up to the bitter end.
I keep wondering what it will take to burst the bubble. If DeepSeek didn't do it, what will? I mean, Uber limped along unprofitably for over a decade. I don't know what it will take for genAI investors to have their Minksy moment.
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date on this unfolding nightmare. That was great that you actually got a quote from Reddit. It seems these days that the standard thing to see in any investigative piece is "we reached out to -- for comment but heard nothing as of press time" which of course is what you got from the advertiser.