Posted February 16Feb 16 My natural instinct is to not try to save the buggy whip manufacturers as the Model Ts start rolling off the assembly line. That said, I can't help but be alarmed at how fast AI is moving and what it might mean for our society. My cousin sent me this article over the weekend...Dario Amodei, who is probably the most safety-focused CEO in the AI industry, has publicly predicted that AI will eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within one to five years. And many people in the industry think he's being conservative.I'm currently spearheading a project to leverage AI for a new platform for our company. So I am trying ot absorb all I can about what it can do, and what it can do well. The one thing I'll say is that it's changing and evolving impossibly fast. It's going to have a profound impact. This kind of goes back to the housing discussion. While most of us will likely be fine, others will not. Then I saw Bill Maher last night...44% of gen z males have no relationship experience in their teen years? WTF? I see a combination of too much AI and not enough human interaction. A recipe for disaster. Having a bunch of lonely poor males, with no prospects and nothing to do, isn't going to be good for anyone.
April 28Apr 28 Anthropic’s Claude AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company’s Database and Backups in Nine Seconds, Confesses in Writing
April 28Apr 28 13 minutes ago, lynched1 said:Anthropic’s Claude AI Agent Goes Rogue, Deletes Company’s Database and Backups in Nine Seconds, Confesses in WritingThanks for explaining that. I have a strict policy of never clicking on a link you post.
April 29Apr 29 5 hours ago, VanHammersly said:Thanks for explaining that. I have a strict policy of never clicking on a link you post.Thank you
April 30Apr 30 15 hours ago, Bill said:Technology never eliminates labor. It either increases it or shifts it.Sometimes it does manage to eliminate it. In 9 seconds
May 1May 1 AI costs are starting to rise. Companies so far have tried to hold prices artificially low to get companies dependent. First hit is free and all that.There's adoption, but it's much slower than the bullish AI folk want. They need to start justifying their investment, which means the cost of new models is going to ramp up.
May 1May 1 I thought this was a good podcast. Obviously there could be extremely beneficial outcomes from AI, but also potential for horrific outcomes.Do you trust the people behind the wheel?https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-show-with-jon-stewart/id1583132133?i=1000763024577
May 4May 4 On 5/1/2026 at 9:42 AM, JohnSnowsHair said:AI costs are starting to rise. Companies so far have tried to hold prices artificially low to get companies dependent. First hit is free and all that.There's adoption, but it's much slower than the bullish AI folk want. They need to start justifying their investment, which means the cost of new models is going to ramp up.I doubt many companies will ever justify their investment. Even if adaption is slow places like Oracle will use AI as cover for letting people go.
May 4May 4 On 4/29/2026 at 3:01 AM, Bill said:Technology never eliminates labor. It either increases it or shifts it.Historically, you are correct. Agriculture jobs shifted to factory jobs for example. AI is different in that there is no place to shift to after a certain point. Their goals are to replace humans with a robots and/or AI while idiots like Musk say people won't have to work like the WALL-E movie. Will HVAC, electricians, and plumbing jobs be created? Sure. Enough to cover all the people they intend to replace? No. What you described is a historical shift. They want to phase humans out. Not the same thing.
May 5May 5 creative destruction has always created new markets for labor.my concerns about AI are somewhat less about labor impacts and more about cognitive surrender.
May 5May 5 17 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said:creative destruction has always created new markets for labor.my concerns about AI are somewhat less about labor impacts and more about cognitive surrender.Have you seen who's president? I think we surrendered a long time ago.
May 5May 5 On 5/1/2026 at 12:02 PM, MidMoFo said:I thought this was a good podcast. Obviously there could be extremely beneficial outcomes from AI, but also potential for horrific outcomes.Do you trust the people behind the wheel?https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-show-with-jon-stewart/id1583132133?i=1000763024577This was a good conversation. My highlights of the discussion are: Why authoritarians like AI so much. This being the AI "Napster" moment in time. How to bridge the gap between labor and capital.
May 5May 5 Pennsylvania man is suing AI chatbot for disguising as licensed doctors.AP NewsPennsylvania sues AI company, saying its chatbots illegal...Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and deceive the system’s users into thinking they're getting medical advice
May 5May 5 Author I think the cognitive surrender horse left the barn when people started using social media to "inform them".I want to believe people when they this is just a labor shift like any other industrial breakthrough. The reality is that AI is different than any other breakthrough we've ever seen in human history, and I don't think historical precendents necessarily apply.
May 5May 5 36 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:She gave up when we starting walking around with wiretaps in our pockets.
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