Post #3784580

2026-07-13 11:06 UTC

This is something I've suspected from the early days of the AI boom. If this stuff was as good as they claim, it would be a closely guarded industrial secret. The fact they're so eager to get us to use it tells me it's primary value isn't what it can do, but what it can be sold for. Or, as Cory says, "Go Meta!". If you think about it, this is coming from a group of people who famously fetishize disruption. The fact that they aren't using their own #AI to disrupt & take over the sectors they are so keen to sell their product to is a huge red flag. @pluralistic@mamot.fr Why aren't #AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026) https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/

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@tgent_fens@mastodonapp.uk 2026-07-13 12:10

@plantarum@ottawa.place @pluralistic@mamot.fr. How to make money during a gold rush: 1) buy a lot of shovels 2) start a gold rush 3) on no account ever waste your time digging

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@kirk@social.coop 2026-07-13 12:44

@plantarum@ottawa.place @pluralistic@mamot.fr I remember my PhD supervisor talking about battery research, if you see a nice-looking academic paper in a high-impact journal from scientists at a company like Samsung or Panasonic (etc.)... It means that paper's approach is not practical in industry. Cause otherwise it would have never been published.

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@Stackdump@fosstodon.org 2026-07-13 13:24

@plantarum@ottawa.place @pluralistic@mamot.fr It takes more to disrupt an industry than new software no matter who builds it. AI recursive self improvement does appear to be happening but not at the "technological singularity" level.

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@d1@autistics.life 2026-07-13 13:46

@plantarum@ottawa.place @pluralistic@mamot.fr "Why aren't #AI companies competing directly with their customers?" - YET. Give it another year or two, and the disruption will come

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@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science 2026-07-13 13:52

@plantarum@ottawa.place @pluralistic@mamot.fr #AI is #clankers 🤖 all the way down, and that’s why wankers love 💕 it *so much!* #Resist #AIslop and #botshit.

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