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[–] 33 points 2 months ago

Wait u til you find out that AI was just an excuse to move computing into the cloud so they can control what we can and can’t do and say on it

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    Their faces when money loses all value

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    Columbus should never have partnered with Palantir

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    Well— it’s more like: they did that 250 years ago, and they’ve been trying to ‘manage’ the grumbling serfdom since by attempting to mitigate various popular uprisings with varying degrees of success.

    They (us, the United States) decided to speedrun Rome in 1/10th the time, and now find themselves shocked that they’re at the end of it, like those final Roman emperors, feeling very much entitled to more and not understanding: How dare those Visigoths come storming over the Seventh Hill as our citizens and slaves revolt yet again…?

    “BY ALL THAT IS DIVINE: FEED MY UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR WEALTH AND POWER FOREVER, FOR IT IS MY RIGHT!!!”

    — the famous last words of Emperor Honorius of Rome, I’m sure, had the Visigoths given enough of a shit to make record of it before they slit his throat

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    The irony of posting that on threads...

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    And instead of replacing native labor with African slaves, we'll replaced by AI powered robotics.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Type this yourself instead of reposting a facebook post

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