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haele

(15,418 posts)
7. It seems to be a bit soft, but I suspect it's more gristle and chewy.
Sun Mar 29, 2026, 12:40 AM
Mar 29

Probably less meat, more rancid fat.
When the majority can no longer afford to buy food, they will eat the selfish Rich.

I've been interested in the late Bronze Age collapse - Archeologist Eric Cline has an interesting thesis that our civilization is facing a similar collapse; They were facing climate change, poor leadership, internal strife, economic corruption, stratified class systems, breakdowns in supply and trade infrastructure...
If we ignore climate change, if we ignore the average working people, if we ignore the health of our environment and our Infrastructure, if we obsess over petty hierarchy and outer show of wealth and power, one small series of catastrophies - like high unemployment along with a long drought/famine which leads to large numbers of migrants and fights over resources to survive.
And the lack of the local governments to adapt and shore up the ability to maintain resilience within their populations.
It will be different, but we are heading for a collapse, or we are looking at a transformation.

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What if they... 2naSalit Mar 28 #1
It's like the fuckin tulip mania of the 1630's struggle4progress Mar 28 #2
Bingo. multigraincracker Mar 29 #13
AI can only copy what has been done edhopper Mar 28 #3
The layoffs ARE about AI. These companies have all pissed away hundreds of millions of dollars Bluetus Mar 29 #6
Just to illustrate that point about curated LLMs Bluetus Mar 29 #16
Deep expose. cachukis Mar 29 #28
Very well explained. Thanks. cachukis Mar 29 #27
I think that if an individual has some knowledge or expertise and asks the right questions that it can lead CentralMass Mar 29 #9
The difference is edhopper Mar 29 #15
I understand your point, but i think that people who think that they are safe from it are being overly optomistic. CentralMass Mar 29 #18
I don't think anyone is safe edhopper Mar 29 #20
Are psychologists relatively safe? Dave says Mar 29 #25
+! struggle4progress Mar 29 #12
It's a lot more nuanced than that. tinrobot Mar 29 #17
Yes edhopper Mar 29 #21
Codex is beyond that. It has special tools built into it to automate coding that go beyond just being trained... FascismIsDeath Mar 29 #22
I get that edhopper Mar 29 #24
When circumstances are forcing you to lay off people... hunter Mar 28 #4
A year from now: they'll be hiring people back to debug AI slop code. JHB Mar 28 #5
I'm not sure about that. From what I can tell, it is getting better and better. With a knowledgeable programmer working CentralMass Mar 29 #10
It seems to be a bit soft, but I suspect it's more gristle and chewy. haele Mar 29 #7
As an immersed peruser of history, I like your study cachukis Mar 29 #29
Meanwhile, companies are hiring human programmers to fix all the shit AI does sakabatou Mar 29 #8
An AI response to a related question. CentralMass Mar 29 #19
Yeah, who's going to organize your fantastic new army of agentic AI? Gonna do it all yourself, Sam? 0rganism Mar 29 #11
The models are learning from him IbogaProject Mar 29 #14
I agree, that is a concern, one only partially addressed by exclusively running locally. 0rganism Mar 29 #31
I see your point. But the scenario id that the compamy employs a small team of very skilled coders abd ir engineers who CentralMass Mar 29 #23
It's definitely an awful situation, but there's an up-side too 0rganism Mar 29 #30
Five to one, baby, one in five... OC375 Mar 29 #26
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