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Pay billions for a userbase, then drive away the ones that aren’t Nazis or bots.

Even worse, just making money isn’t enough: you also have to become a fucking global monopoly.

That is by far the most likely scenario. Hell it’s already happening with the AI we do have. Teslas driving into walls, facial recognition mistaking an innocent person for a criminal (mentioned in the article).

Doomsday science fiction is fun to toy with but it usually involves a lot of hand waving.

…by failing they mean “isn’t making money for rich people”.

That’s exactly it. Mastodon won’t live or die by how well it can compete with Birdsite. After making the switch I see that it’s all I wanted from microblogging as a practice.

Not… So… Fast… We shall counter with our ad blocker blocker blocker blockers!

That’s a really good point. Use the AI to bridge gaps and for short segments. Probably a good way to get around some writer’s block.

That’s a really good point. Use the AI to bridge gaps and for short segments. Probably a good way to get around some writer’s block.

My guess is: adventurous readers who are intrigued by a small snippet, then figure it out on page 2 after they’ve bought it already.

Me at 11pm: why on earth would I watch a long video deep diving into obsolete incandescent headlights?

Me at 7am: hey did you know that headlights used to be so standard you could just drop in a generic replacement and…

Given how modern suggestion algorithms seem to be poorly moderated, unregulated black boxes aimed at keeping users engaged on site above all else… I won’t be surprised if/when we learn that this has literally happened.

Those fools. I’m not sure anything can save Reddit (from its admins & CEO) at this point.

The humble grep.