Layoffs attributed to automation that does not yet exist, infrastructure debt passed on to pension funds, and a gig economy where the algorithm does the hiring.
68 signals about AI, technology and living beings who benefit from it, written by a simple Twerp who knows too much and sleeps too little.
eBay throws eight hundred people out the door while posting record profits. No crisis, no emergency, just a choice. Try writing that in a press release without making it look exactly...
Goldman Sachs calculated (early 2026) that AI contributes "basically zero" to the economy. This isn't somewhat "disappointing" or a bit "below expectations"... this is zero point zero....
Sam Altman is standing there in 2026 explaining that your newborn daughter is basically just an energy-wasting machine. Twenty years of feeding and keeping her warm before she even produces anything....
Early 2026, a website went live where AI systems can hire people for odd jobs. Within days, tens of thousands signed up. And me? I sat there with a beer...
Microsoft isn't even lying anymore. Mustafa Suleyman just tells you office work disappears within eighteen months, and you think this is a prediction. This is an announcement. A press...
Ask anyone still grounded in reality, and they'll spot it immediately: that $650 billion in AI capex isn't an investment it's a fire sale of your future. Amazon,...
Five nuclear reactors' worth of power. Per megalomaniac datacenter. To run chatbots that tell you whales are fish. Sam Altman stands on a stage next to Trump claiming he needs...