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Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

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Re: Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

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> There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society

The article is certainly interesting as yet another indicator of the backlash against AI, but I must say, “exists to scam the elderly” is totally absurd. I get that this is satire, but satire has to have some basis in truth.

I say this as someone whose father was scammed out of a lot of money, so I’m certainly not numb to potential consequences there. The scams were enabled by the internet, does the internet exist for this purpose? Of course not.

Re: Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

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guys were just trying to take jobs away from you.... please stop being mean to us - richest people on earth 2026

You forgot... "by stealing from artists and writers at scale".

Techbros trying to replace wage theft as the largest $ crime in the US

Re: Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

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post #2

guys were just trying to take jobs away from you.... please stop being mean to us - richest people on earth 2026

You forgot... "by stealing from artists and writers at scale".

You forgot about 'open source contributors' and 'musicians'.

Re: Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

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post #2

guys were just trying to take jobs away from you.... please stop being mean to us - richest people on earth 2026

You forgot... "by stealing from artists and writers at scale".

well if all the talent is stolen and put into our water destruction machine we can make significantly worse and more expensive versions of just giving the job to a wagey

Re: Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

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> There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society The article is certainly interesting as yet another indicator of the backlash against AI, but I must say, “exists to scam the elderly” is totally absurd. I get that this is satire, but satire has to have some basis in…

article forgot to mention the usual "think about the water usage"

Re: Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in

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I hate LLMs as much as the next guy, but this was honestly just not very funny. Humor can be a great vehicle for criticism when it's done right, but this feels like clickbait-level lazy writing. I wouldn't criticize it anywhere else, but I have enjoyed reading a bunch of actually good writing from mcsweeney's over the years in the actual literary journal and on their website.
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