2026-10-07 08:08 UTC
Just had a shower conversation with myself, and for some reason the crystal meth metaphor (methaphor?) is really coming together in my head.
“Have you even tried some frontier meth?”
“Sure, you can also get energy with exercising, eating well, and structure. But we don’t have to live like amish people, now that we can have meth!”
Nationalized Open Weight Models -> State-funded AI dispensory
There’s surely a rich bounty of comparisons left to mine.
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@jaschop@awful.systems 2026-10-07 08:13
Also works for cocaine, I’m noticing. Might be best as a comeback, if someone compares AI to a pharmaceutical breakthrough like antibiotics.
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@o7___o7@awful.systems 2026-10-07 11:36
Knowledge workers of the world, unite; you have nothing to lose but your teeth.