2026-11-01T01:44:12Z https://nostr.now 🫐 Tyler Smith 🫒 https://nostr.now/npub1s7hatddda3hjyvncecc0rh7ax3mr0tzfq38e373e39wmp8d7xcaqudfx8m https://assets.ottawa.place/accounts/avatars/109/451/639/061/564/239/original/7c824d9deb255c7f.png https://assets.ottawa.place/accounts/avatars/109/451/639/061/564/239/original/7c824d9deb255c7f.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ce7evqxutnp0e76w4y2zegx7jsh9vjjsgp7p47vx73f3a9dd3rszyzr6l4d44hkx7g3j0r8rpuwlm568vdavfyzylx868xy4mvyahcmr5lhq6sk This is something I&#39;ve suspected from the early days of the AI boom. If this stuff was as good as they claim, it would be a closely guarded industrial secret. The fact they&#39;re so eager to get us to use it tells me it&#39;s primary value isn&#39;t what it can do, but what it can be sold for. Or, as Cory says, &#34;Go Meta!&#34;.<br/><br/>If you think about it, this is coming from a group of people who famously fetishize disruption. The fact that they aren&#39;t using their own #AI to disrupt &amp; take over the sectors they are so keen to sell their product to is a huge red flag.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> Why aren&#39;t #AI companies competing directly with their customers? (13 Jul 2026)<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/13/go-meta-meta/</a> 2026-07-13T11:06:47Z