I was predicting the next AI winter before this time last year and its likely failure several years before that, but with global climate change, weather predictions have become rather unreliable.

While there seems to be overwhelming current public sentiment against AI, and general agreement from industry leaders down to operational levels that current efforts will fail to achieve expected returns, the investments and build-outs continue. Individual short-sighted greed will be the downfall of our species.

> This will continue until people stop responding

I agree only with the first three words. Companies often try but can't or don't even measure whether marketing results in sales. Having quality product or service is not enough to compete, even with social media word of mouth, especially considering compensated influencers. Just putting a brand in front of consumers can increase sales (I personally avoid brands that advertise). Marketing is basically a necessary evil for growth, though some companies, agencies, tactics, and campaigns are worse than others. For example, I don't see many ads for ChaptGPT, but I see news stories and quotes about and from the company and its clearly-fraudulent leader constantly. We're stuck in the enshitification age.

I'm going to finally end this "AI" American bullshit. I'm going to write to my powerless or in-the-bag US representatives.

You get that for which you pay, to avoid ending the phrase with a preposition.

I'm in Laos, which apparently never had significant autism historically, and where I've never seen an autistic adult (I've seen many in the USA). Parents here often give phones to very young children, maybe partly because they need to work and can't care for the child, but also often because they want to drink and party with adults. These children rarely have daycare and some don't have school. Many don't have present fathers at all. Many don't have siblings. A Lao person told me yesterday that many of these young children are showing signs of autism. Of course the parents are at fault, but they are also clueless.

New York wins this case, could I have a chance of winning a suit, and/or could a class of adults have a chance, for the negative mental health affects of social media on all of us? And lost productivity? Though in asking the question, I come to the conclusion that adults should be responsible for the actions of themselves and their children.

My brother's daughter was normal, but got sad after a breakup at about age 18. Social pressure in her cohort had also clearly pushed her towards some kind of gender fluidity, which has since reversed, though some vestiges remain (she hasn't gone back to her deadname). After an hour with a psychologist, she got a diagnosis of schizophrenic and a prescription for antipsychotics. So I think pharma and crap therapy are parts of the problem. My older son had some behavioral issues. The therapist asked us if we wanted a diagnosis and a prescription. God bless America, land of the free.

Too big to fail (or take a loss, really); US government bailouts coming.

Those creators could create something of greater value IN THE REAL WORLD.

Umm, they got you to click and read. That was the goal. There was never any serious chance of life there.

It seems that money can make people and companies more stupid. Or maybe it just puts existing stupidity on display.

> Somehow, your hatred keeps coming back to Israel. We all know why. I'm going to guess that it's because of the ongoing genocide by Israel that has nothing to do with Judaism.

Imagine the potential for chimp "hold my beer" viral videos.

Society as we know it could not have developed without alcohol.

I went to a computer shop in Asia recently and asked for a Linux laptop. The "techs" had never heard the word Linux. So it's not just a consumer knowledge issue, it's also a vendor issue - vendors in Asia should push Linux, not windows. But they likely know there's a support tradeoff.