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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2026 23:42:31 JST Rich Felker

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   • Tinker ☀️

   @tinker There is a particular type of guy who rushes to get in on the bubble *as it's already bursting*, as if he's either completely oblivious to the burst or thinking himself big enough to save it.

   We should pay attention to that, because this tells us important things we need to know about these people.

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     Tinker ☀️ (tinker@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jul-2026 23:42:32 JST Tinker ☀️

     Regarding AI slop permeating everything...

     It's incredibly important to know that right now there is a MASSIVE amount of money and effort by corporations, financial institutions, and governments to get people to use it.

     (There are motivations behind pushing that use that go well beyond just making a buck. AI is a layer of abstraction over information control, it's a method of locking in compute control, etc etc)

     But that use is still heavily subsidized - from cheap tokens and use subscriptions to local governments subsidizing power and water and taxes for their data centers.

     That can't last.

     And nor can its current heavy use.

     I have no idea how it will look moving forward. So much of AI is propped up artificially on one hand that it will fall if left to its own devices. But on the other hand there is so much money and power behind it that it can last artificially for a long time.

     Anyhow. Don't give up hope. Every act of resistance increases its cost and therefore its ability to withstand.