> 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.
The water usage by data centers is fairly trivial in most places, but the water use manufacturing the physical infrastructure + electricity generation is surprisingly significant.
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
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.
> 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.
I think this article might be about you?
The person you're replying to is probably not personally a major AI magnate.
No, but the attitude is congruent, even if they don't have the investment money lying around to fill the shoes exactly.
Confirmed.
article forgot to mention the usual "think about the water usage"
The water usage by data centers is fairly trivial in most places, but the water use manufacturing the physical infrastructure + electricity generation is surprisingly significant.
If it's the "usual reply", maybe it's because....I dunno...water is kinda important?
It mentions ecological destruction, which I must say is way better than water usage, AI is a power hog after all.
guys were just trying to take jobs away from you.... please stop being mean to us - richest people on earth 2026
We're actively destroying society, but we're getting richer! Why are you mad at us!?
You forgot... "by stealing from artists and writers at scale".
You forgot about 'open source contributors' and 'musicians'.
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
Techbros trying to replace wage theft as the largest $ crime in the US
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.
I can hear you pushing your glasses up your nose with your middle finger through the internet
I think you just don’t like McSweeney’s style.
i think its a little on the nose but overall def worth reading and funny enough for a chuckle in my opinion
Is this a sign that us of the plebs are starting to grow discontent?
Starting? Society minus those who struggled with css is fully fatigued of AI.
nice satire