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Walleye

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1. AI sounds like a scam to me

Reply to OGBuzz (Original post)

Wed May 20, 2026, 03:47 PM

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We have all been proper f*cked. [View all] OGBuzz 11 hrs ago OP

AI sounds like a scam to me Walleye 11 hrs ago #1

It really does PatSeg 9 hrs ago #18

It isn't a scam, and that is the problem. A lot of jobs are being lost because of it, and a lot lostincalifornia 9 hrs ago #21

Blue collar jobs took a major kick in the teeth with the off shoring craze. magicarpet 8 hrs ago #35

Soylent Green FrndStrng 3 hrs ago #44

I wish we could get MAGAs to understand that. progressoid 11 hrs ago #2

We may be closer to 1789 France than you imagine. IrishAfricanAmerican 10 hrs ago #3

It's the only logical conclusion. OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #5

A few big EMPs might slow them down. Ilsa 10 hrs ago #12

I'm almost ready to throw a few out there..... lastlib 9 hrs ago #22

In my experience TheProle 9 hrs ago #15

So we should just surrender quietly then? paleotn 9 hrs ago #25

Did I say surrendering quietly was my solution.... dude? TheProle 9 hrs ago #30

Then what is your solution? paleotn 6 hrs ago #39

Well if we rule out kumbaya and quiet surrender TheProle 3 hrs ago #45

I don't see the oligarch class. 58Sunliner 4 hrs ago #43

Exactly... WarGamer 8 hrs ago #32

Yeah, Wednesdays 8 hrs ago #36

Ding ding malaise 9 hrs ago #17

How long before... BH liberal 10 hrs ago #4

The AI bros only think in terms of their own life spans.....the rest of us don't count. OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #6

Exactly! And what would be better... BH liberal 10 hrs ago #7

AI will always make the smart decisions if you're out to annihilate mankind. OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #9

Remember what Trump said... BH liberal 10 hrs ago #10

I wonder what he meant by this comment just last week..... OGBuzz 10 hrs ago #14

Like a young child with toy soldiers and guns PatSeg 9 hrs ago #19

More like the Golden Dumb. The Madcap 7 hrs ago #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Half-step 10 hrs ago #8

Our only hope is that their old nukes aren't worth shit ... they're probably not any good ... FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #11

Never. You're being conned. paleotn 9 hrs ago #27

It may not be 1789 France BWdem4life 10 hrs ago #13

Tech bros are man-shaped machines babydollhead 9 hrs ago #16

AI is taking over for us so they (the morbidly wealthy) can kill us all debsy 9 hrs ago #20

BS paleotn 9 hrs ago #24

The humanoid robots they are developing scare the crap out of me... OGBuzz 9 hrs ago #26

They like air breathers luv2fly 6 hrs ago #40

Heads on spikes are never out of season. paleotn 9 hrs ago #23

Yes I am a defeatist....after all, we couldn't even prevent Trump from winning a second term. OGBuzz 9 hrs ago #28

Words wasted on the wrong people. paleotn 7 hrs ago #38

"Unfortunately it's too late to reverse what's going on", no it is not late, what we need is a good government that Escurumbele 9 hrs ago #29

Seriously. H2O Man 9 hrs ago #31

I agree Greyhead 8 hrs ago #33

I believe it's never too late and the spirit and will to create change and meaningful change will always to just that. somaticexperiencing 8 hrs ago #34

Guillotine tech at least has not changed GenThePerservering 6 hrs ago #41

Viva 1789! GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #42