Philip K Dick in 1968: “ideas for a new book set in 2026; what if…everything was just so incredibly stupid…all the time. Every stupid thing beamed to you on a little slab of plastic all the time.”
“And everyone ate horsedewormer and refused to be vaccinated.”
“And wrestling at the White House.”
“China’s beating the U.S.”
#FTFY
Finally. Some solid reporting.
It is 2029. The AI bubble collapse has wiped out 3/4 of the stock market. Each prompt now costs $750 apiece and 50% of the time, no matter what is requested, the response is a story about Elias Thorne.
If the corporate systems to make #art are corrupted to the point where you make no money at them anyway, you might as well go make art on your own.
Worst outcome, no one cares. Best outcome, if people love it, you own your art.
This is like seizing the tap on the side of a house and claiming to own the city reservoir.
I love how these American politicians threaten, incite and enact violence all over the globe, but when you suggest someone should do the same to them, the pearl clutching begins.
It stuns me how many of the world's problems could be fixed by killing about twenty 70+ year old people.