My friends in Texas tell me it’s a lot more liberal than outsiders would think. The shit-kicking Marlboro man image has been fading into the past for some time, but got CPR from politicians like Ted Cruz who moved there from outside to milk the image for their own gain. Texans are not historically Republican - throughout the 20th century they voted for Democratic presidents 2/3 of the time.
Most off the wall yet interesting question I’ve seen in ages.
My friend who uses Claude daily says it saves him a hell of a lot of time doing all the routine work, which he verifies. It’s not AI’s fault if devs are sloppy, or if non-devs think they can type “Create software” and go get coffee. I still remember some people around 1990 who similarly misunderstood object-oriented programming - like it meant drawing a box labeled “DoAccounting” and magic would happen.
Is the answer don’t use copilot, or am I just talkin’ crazy?
Big Mac and a glass of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2099.
BREAKING - Companies want customers to get addicted to their products!!!1
That’s what “representative government” is all about. I’ve never tried to do this but theoretically you could write to your representative or senator and try to impress them with your idea. You’d probably get more traction by starting local with a city or town ordinance, or by creating a campaign on social media and in person - rally an impressive number of people to stand around city hall with signs requesting/demanding this kind of action, get noticed on news media, and build it into a credible movement. In many states citizens who collect enough signatures can place proposed legislation on ballots during regular elections.
Also, AI kilt my dog and got my li’l sister prengate!
Proposal: All elected officials must install Corruption Blocking Software that scans all their communications, financial records and assets, and uses advanced Corruption Pattern Matching Algorithms to determine if they might be taking bribes from industry lobbyists, pumping up their own investments, or secretly serving special interest groups, or if they’re just general nutjobs.
Politicians - the original Backdoor Sluts
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No-eye deer.
What do you call a nose without a body?
No-body nose.
A guy wakes up one morning and hears a voice inside his head. It says, “Quit your job! Sell your house! Take all your money and go to Las Vegas!” He shrugs it off, but pretty soon he hears it again. “Quit your job! Sell your house! Take all your money and go to Las Vegas!” He keeps trying to ignore the voice, but the more he tries the more he hears it. Pretty soon he’s hearing it constantly - “Quit your job! Sell your house! Take all your money and go to Las Vegas!”
Finally he can’t stand it. he decides to believe the voice. He quits his job, sells his house, puts all his money in a suitcase and flies to Las Vegas. The moment he steps off the plane the voice says, “Go to Caesar’s Palace!” He takes a cab to Caesar’s Palace. The voice says, “Go to the roulette wheel!” He makes his way back to the roulette wheel. The voice says, “Bet it all on Red twenty-three!” He bets every cen he has on Red twenty-three.
The wheel spins around, and it stops on Black eleven. The voice says, “Fuck.”
That doesn’t address the problem of resource usage tho.
Secondary problem: how to implement the sharks
Exactly the problem - they see “AI” and go full Rambo.
Didn’t you see the “Please don’t feed the trolls” sign? It’s right there by the snack table.
Other possibilities include automatic cigarette lighter - soon as it sees you put one in your mouth, you’re puffin’.
He found his groove and he’s sticking with it.
Big desperate words from a small man.
Never heard the term “cozy scifi” before, but there’s certainly a lot more non-dystopian scifi than you would think, especially if you go back a few years before “dark” became the major profit farm.