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While I don’t think AI is going to reshape the future as soon as Azath thinks (the paying customer base of the large LLMs is still really small) and many of its most avant garde features are and will be out of the hands of anyone not in the military, the potential is insane - it is not bigger than agriculture, but it is however, imho, on the level of the carriage: still here, still going strong in adapted, sturdier, stronger versions (trucks) and carrying a large part of the tedious, unglamorous parts of the world economy.

AI will not do your plumbing, not grow your food, not build your house, won’t do health and safety inspections, won’t police the streets, can’t teach our kids, can’t diagnose whether your dog ate a frog or just licked it so whether it will just drool or die it can’t tell, nor will it ever tell you inconvenient truths. It can however turn a task of weeks into one of days, do repetitive tasks extremely well and it is going to be used for infantile purposes as much as for serious ones.

In the short term, the ever growing demand for faster chips and bigger data centers will come due in the form of loans before they earn themselves back. Doesn’t mean AI will go away, but just like with train lines, it does mean that many companies going all in on it or building it, end up bankrupt - and their investors with it - and the lucky ones who put their money on the right horse, end up incredibly rich.

Myles Garrett to the Rams. After they acquired two good corners. Wow.

Macros, on 22 April 2026 - 04:04 PM, said:

Yep. As always, it will be interesting to see which rookies actually get fantasy relevance - and even then, it is usually only second half of the season

That, and Orban negotiated that he would not pay for the EU loaning Ukraine money (based on the frozen Russian assets in the EU), in return for not obstructing said loan. Yet now he is threatening to (or perhaps actually has done so) veto it. Which is a scum move, and the EU should do something about being held hostage by a single bad faith actor. The sanctity of full agreement is wonderful, until you run out of time.

Macros, on 05 April 2026 - 11:20 AM, said:

Failing that, Hungary and Slovakia out of the EU. If they like Russian oil and Putin so much, let them put their money where their mouths are.