this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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"Hype hype hype fomo fomo hype fearmongering hype fearmongering hype fomo fomo fomo fearmongering..."

edit Wait, these secret communists AREN'T THEY!??? See only anti-americans are against AI!!!!!!!!

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The thing is that the people who are predicting doom are the same people who think chatbots are going to grow up to be a real boy. Same people who say space data centers and Mars outposts.

[–] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yup, it is part of the same marketing scheme whether intentional or not which is to hallucinate that AI is powerful, profitable or widely useful. Putting a fear based spin on it or a positive, hope based spin on it doesn't change that fundamental fact that the process begins with hallucinating AI is a real industry on anywhere the scale it is pretending to be right now with essentially unlimited fake money.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One can predict doom and not be part of the PR. I just think we're the core part of the doom, not (necessarily) some AGI that comes out of this. We've shown we're good at getting ourselves close to extinction with simpler tools.

[–] self@awful.systems 4 points 2 weeks ago

wow, this shit where you do hype for AI and pretend not to seems to be killing it over on Fuck AI

how about you stay over there

[–] sansruse@awful.systems 6 points 2 weeks ago

Alright grandpa, it's been a good run. Time for retirement

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why a decade of doomsday warnings failed to slow the AI race

Glad to see who was phone alive and well in 2026