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usonian

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1. Consequences? NOBODY CARES. Go for the quick buck.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 04:29 PM

Sep 10

"We're rich. We can afford to ride out any unintended consequences"

And you can't.

And that, folks, is the story of capitalism.

We're fighting every battle except the one that counts, the one against the country being run entirely by oligarchs.
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The AI Future [View all] applegrove Sep 10 OP

Consequences? NOBODY CARES. Go for the quick buck. usonian Sep 10 #1

AI (not this wave, but the next) is a great opportunity to distribute wealth more fairly, equitably and rationally Bernardo de La Paz Sep 10 #2

I have always seen technology as liberating, and it gave me a good career. usonian Sep 10 #3

I mostly only follow Yan Lecun in that field jfz9580m Sep 11 #4