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It was actually the paperclip.

2025-11-12 20:09:30.196415+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io

Reminder that AI is "propping up" the economy the same way a tape worm props up your metabolism.

It has completely choked off all capital investment to any other activity for years. It completely devours resources needed by any other endeavor. And for all that, it produces practically nothing that people want or need. It's strangling the economy.

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io

It turns out that AI was not the paper clip maximizer. It was actually the paperclip.

[ related topics: virus Artificial Intelligence Economics ]

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