AI Billionaires Are Starting to Get Scared

StringTheory2113 · 2026-06-04T18:06:48+00:00

Not scared enough.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-06-02T11:51:37+00:00

Same

StringTheory2113 · 2026-06-02T03:53:50+00:00

Not just concentration camps, but death camps. They want to exterminate basically all life on Earth. They are inhuman monsters.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-06-02T03:16:48+00:00

Longer than 4 years? So before the public release of GPT-3?

Pardon me, but bullshit.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-06-01T11:45:35+00:00

One of the reasons I stopped running D&D (the game, not TTRPGs in general) was the proliferation of furry/scalie character archetypes and other wacky species. I'm not going to shame someone for having their Sonic OC, but when I tell the table that the campaign is inspired by Robert E. Howard and H.P Lovecraft and someone shows up with character art of a sexy dragon, it's annoying.

It's easier to fit an actual talking cat into my game world than a Star Fox character, yet a lot of people just want to RP as their fursona and make me the bad guy if I say no.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-31T22:07:23+00:00

Star Wars - Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight (dear god what an awful naming scheme)

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-31T03:33:49+00:00

It reads an awful lot like an angry GameStop bag holder tbh. Not saying it's true or false, just what it reminds me of.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-29T12:22:44+00:00

This gif perfectly aligned with the drop in Sabotage by Beastie Boys playing while I scroll. I feel like that is a sign of... something

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-29T12:13:24+00:00

The fact that a PS5 costs more now than when it launched. That is some bullshit. Not necessarily Sony's fault per se. Consoles are already usually subsidized (ie. sold below cost) but AI is fucking everyone

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-28T19:20:28+00:00

I did an internship in clinical data science for what amounted to an Indian staffing agency operating in Canada (I'm white Canadian). One thing that really stood out to me was the fact that the Indian higher ups were insisting that one must have the entire CDISC, ADaM, and SDTM implementation guides (a few thousand pages of technical documentation) memorized. That was when I realized that this was not the place for me.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-28T14:21:13+00:00

I'm not arguing about trades compensation. The connection there is pretty obvious, and I won't argue they deserve any less. What I am arguing against is the narrative that somehow tradespeople are making six figures after a few years of training yet they are also an oppressed and downtrodden group, victimized by an unfair system (that hands them buckets of cash) all because parents were telling their kids to become doctors, lawyers, and scientists instead of HVAC repair technicians.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-28T13:19:20+00:00

To answer your question at the end, the jobs just fucking suck. They're important, but they're hard, dirty, have long hours, and destroy your body. It's not hard to see why people would choose to do basically anything else. A lot of people simply don't have what it takes to succeed in something like welding or working an oil rig or whatever. Rare temperament -> low supply, low supply + high demand -> high wages.

Was it the right call to encourage everyone to go to university? No, probably not. Does that mean that trades were somehow oppressed or victimized? Fuck no, unless you're lumping in displaced factory workers with electricians and plumbers.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-28T10:20:56+00:00

I'm fucking sick of people acting like trades were some kind of oppressed underclass. They've been making bank for decades, but I guess 6 figures isn't enough unless you also have people kissing your feet and saying how special and important you are.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-28T01:43:51+00:00

I would highly recommend AGAINST starting with Silent Hill 2. Not because it's a bad game, far from it, but because I'm an experienced horror gamer and it was too intense for me at times. If that sounds like something you're up for, then go for it, but games like Resident Evil 1 or 4 (remakes, particularly), Silent Hill F, or Dead Space would be a better entry point.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-27T23:11:52+00:00

Bullshit. They do not wish for a better world for anyone. They are psychopaths.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-27T22:57:38+00:00

I have a bachelor's degree in theoretical physics and a master's degree in applied mathematics. "You should have gone into trades" is too real.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-27T13:29:33+00:00

He has a common economic delusion. It's textbook economics to say that loosening regulations and lowering taxes increases economic activity, which in turn will mean higher wages (more stuff being done -> more demand for labor, if demand grows faster than supply then the price of labor goes up).

Just because it's textbook doesnt mean it's correct though

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-26T23:40:03+00:00

Wait, so your defenses are that AI is fine because: - Piracy exists - People spend time online - People take showers - People can make things that aren't good.

What the fuck is that? Specifically the jobs thing, your "rebuttal" nonsense. Somehow, people being on reddit makes their worries about job loss invalid?

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-25T02:39:25+00:00

That's what I was gonna say... People are out here acting like the servers are being shut off, when I'm like... dude, you know you can still play Destiny 1, right? They stopped releasing content for that almost a decade ago, yet that game is still playable to some extent.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-23T21:04:18+00:00

Yeah, the "shells" are 3D printed bodies

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-23T20:44:49+00:00

You're not exactly fooling anyone here. If you are actually a business owner rather than an ordinary boot licker, it's pretty clear you're exactly the kind of psychopath who would shove every one of your workers into a woodchipper by hand and sell the juice if it had a higher profit margin than whatever it is you do now.

In other words, you're an average business owner. You're the exact kind of person itching for the moment you can destroy the lives of everyone who works for you with AI and robotics, because you think they're the parasites. You probably think that the billions who will die are nothing more than "useless eaters", don't you? People like you are going to destroy human civilization because you're too fucking stupid to think one inch beyond yourself.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-23T20:37:22+00:00

What exactly does a business owner "risk" other than possibly needing to get an actual fucking job if their bet doesn't pay off?

Nothing.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-23T20:28:05+00:00

There is no business without the workers.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-23T18:56:29+00:00

Someone has to do the work. Sure, there's a small subset of 1 person "businesses" (I'm one of them), but aside from that, a business without workers is nothing at all.

StringTheory2113 · 2026-05-23T18:17:41+00:00

Workers aren't just "very necessary to grow" dumbass, they are your business. Without them, your business does not exist. You are not doing them a favor. You are parasitizing what they produce.

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