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Be ungovernable

Fuck yeah this AI bubble has gotta burst any day now

Poop Co says Fart Inc shares are work $69 billion each

Over under on this being some AI thing?

KOKO: Chatgpt, good chatgpt, vibe code app
ME: No Koko the app doesn't work, it won't function
KOKO: Gorilla code, gorilla engineer
ME: Koko the app doesn't even load on mobile
KOKO: jealousy cynic

Doesn't a calculator also rival human intelligence in key tasks?

Looks like ass. The sound mixing is abhorrent. And I have no compulsion to learn anything more about the Slopiverse it's set in.

i'm no genius but it seems like doing things that most people like is a good way to win things where the goal is to get the most people to like you

nice work, nyc!

6/ Nebula Flux designed revolutionary brain implants that can cure blindness. They pivoted to making chips that allow ‘Call of Duty’ players to remotely control actual soldiers in the field. 🧵 END

5/ Nebula Flux designed revolutionary brain implants that can cure blindness. They pivoted to making chips that allow ‘Call of Duty’ players to remotely control actual soldiers in the field. 🧵 5/6

4/ Cute[dot]sy broke onto the scene with an app that makes your kitten look even cuter. Their facial recognition tech is being used to help drones more reliably differentiate terrorists from school children. 🧵 4/6

3/ SketchGiggle helps kids draw with the assistance of a cute AI companion. They were acquired by DARPA to train freaky humanoid robots to stab better. 🧵 3/6

2/ Shaanti makes yoga matts from recycled Big Mac cartons. Their patents were purchased by the Pentagon to make flame-retardant flak jackets for ‘manosphere’ podcasters visiting active warzones. 🧵 2/6

1/ Fluffycloud Systems raised $100m with its promise to optimize project tracking. Their main client is the US Military, who uses their products to manage shipments of SPAM to frontline troops. 🧵 1/6

Here are SIX tech startups that pivoted to keeping America and THE WORLD safe! MUST READ! 🧵

FYI the “hell yeah” is about the genAI pushback not the Hitler thing. Fuck Nazis (obviously).

hell yeah

my shorts algo is cooked

No this is very normal. Remember when Steve Jobs would take the stage and dramatically give birth to a new iPhone?

For some reason the overlapping AC split systems got me the most

Don't be silly. No one's actually read War & Peace.

No seriously editors would reject most of current reality as "implausible" and "uncreative"

Ezra Klein is the end result of people not understanding that The West Wing was just a TV show

VCs are people who went to prestigious schools and have amazing connections — but are still too stupid to be employed at a tech company.

As they say in the Bay Area: those who can’t build invest.

They’re out of money but can’t step away from the table

Hell fuckin yeah

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Name aside, that’s also really not good. These guys have a massive platform and profound media attention. And all they could muster is 1M downloads against 700M active users (apparently)? Pretty sure Threads did better than that.

My rage knows no bounds.