dead internet theory intensifies

There are a LOT of people who simply don’t bother to check the output of Claude (or <LLM_OF_CHOICE>).

Source: I’m dealing with an absolute firehose of vibe coded PRs from our contractors right now. I swear to god I’m just conversing with their Claude processes. They are very clearly not only not checking their output, but also just responding to PR comments with Claude. I’m getting very close to just making PR comments as if I was directly addressing my own local Claude process, including feedback loops and doc cross checks and so on, which they’re clearly not bothering with. They’re not even vibe coding well.

I saw “cuckcoding” recently too, and I was greatly amused by the term

What do yousa think? 😏

This is so incredibly, unrepentantly cursed

I love it

Fair point - but at the same time, in the US, as much as I wish it were not the case, outright seizure of corporate assets outside of flagrant criminal abuse is simply a non-starter. And even then, it often ends up being a non-starter. Sure, they may be forced into bankruptcy, but the government generally never does an actual takeover of a company, because tHaT’s cOMmUniSm. And there are a number of companies that deeply deserve to be taken into custody by the state, at either the federal or state level (PG&E immediately comes to mind).

As a unitedstatesian, I gotta say I disagree with the benefit of the doubt you’re providing here.

Yes, there are outliers (I consider myself one of them), but there is a strong 30%-ish incredibly regressive and bigoted core demographic here, and it tends to be super prevalent in the Bible Belt and many of the flyover states - locations that correlate with shuttered, dogmatic thinking, and populations that tend to have no desire to go further than a few dozen miles from their hometown. And, yes, a lot of this is exacerbated by a concerted effort by conservative politicians and the GOP to hollow out public services - specifically including education - and I absolutely do think that the root cause needs to be addressed. But the problem is that at this point, it’s become a vicious, self-reinforcing feedback loop, and the symptom is now being folded in as a part of the cause. A lot of people ARE cheering him on. It’s absolutely fucking reprehensible, and I am horrified that that category of person are countrymen of mine.

As to the thoughts of the average American: again, yes, outliers exist, but the vast majority of people here just keep their head down and don’t do anything out of incuriousity, ignorance, misguided (and imo caustic) individualism, exhaustion, or outright greed (the “fuck you, I got mine” mentality). Community-oriented attitudes tend to be much stronger in urban areas, but there’s a very real sense of living under an occupation - which it extremely intentional under this regime. Not to mention, the whole narrative of American Exceptionalism is simply categorical bullshit, and a vanishingly small fraction of our populace is able to admit - let alone understand - that point.

Genuinely, I have never felt more politically or ideologically alienated from my birth country in my life.

That is, in fact, my entire original point.

I so wish this sort of shit was actually considered scandalous and reprehensible. But there are a shitload of people cheering him on.

This country fucking sucks.

I guess you weren’t around for the bailouts that happened during the 08 recession, because exactly zero corps who got bailed out are even fractionally owned by the public.

That’s the baffling part - he’s genuinely gonna crash the fucking economy even harder with the tariff shit. And it wasn’t in a great long-term place to start with, what with the massive fucking AI bubble that’s likely gonna pop within the year due to all the pending IPOs and subsequent reporting mandates.

Ok so uh… that’s a fucking AWFUL idea. That’s an excellent way to just hand our taxpayer dollars to the LLM fuckwits and watch it evaporate. This is, without exaggeration, perhaps the worst idea I’ve ever heard out of Sanders.

Hey, if you’re able to, just wait 6 months. I’m gonna be absolutely shocked if LLM use remains this pervasive after they do the enshitification pricing rug pull. It’s already started, actually. But I’m also pretty sure it’ll get worse after the big players IPO and actually have to start trying to make a profit

My days of not paying attention to Ubuntu sure are coming to a middle

Rule 0 tends to have… unanticipated side effects.

It is honestly truly incredible how much of an abject fucking idiot he’s become. A while ago, he was a shrewd, technically-minded leader - not by any means perfect, but still rather effective. But the last several years have emphasized more and more that he is absolutely high on his own supply at this point.

Lmao I bet they vibe-coded the fix

Ok now you’re venturing into conspiracy theory territory. Nobody wants a screwworm outbreak anywhere. They’re a categorical pestilence.

Edit: I misread your comment - apologies.

As a rule, no. But there are a number of scientific papers on this topic.