we know some of the AI industry folks are literal æthercultists with such fucked up ambitions they make it hard for us cyberpunk authors to even keep up anymore

but at least some of them have to be just regular grifters who know damn well LLMs will never write viable code and are just conning investors out of millions of dollars, right?

that’s how capitalism works now right? you make a startup bound to fail you make some flashy videos you get investor money and you walk away with more money than you started with

@persephone I’m probably giving the enemy too much intellectual credit again

@winter I'm not certain these people care or even have thought about whether their machines could hypothetically function.

@dhfir I believe the cults are sincere in their stated beliefs, it would be dangerous to do otherwise

@winter @persephone the past year i've had to observe one of them worm his way through our professional association's PR and he really does seem to believe his own bullshit

it's a kind of skill/disorder, if it works out you can steal others inventions and work just because you are fully convinced and confident you did at least 50% of design. if it doesn't work out, you're just a snake oil seller.

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ugh snac yeeted the menchies. manual attempt: @persephone@translunar.academy @winter@translunar.academy

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@winter i mean

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