The Cult of AI
www.rollingstone.com
How one writer's trip to the annual tech conference CES left him with a sinking feeling about the future.

From the (middle of the) story: The reason CES was so packed with random “AI”-branded products was that sticking those two letters to a new company is seen as something of a talisman, a ritual to bring back the (VC) rainy season.

  • anachronist@midwest.socialEnglish
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    10 months ago

    just yesterday I saw a documentary about a sect using their own cryptocoin to pay its members for peddling ayahuasca and other psychedelics

    Finally! A use case!