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  <title>Nostr notes by Neil E. Hodges</title>
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    <name>Neil E. Hodges</name>
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      <title type="html">These people have no self-awareness nor ability to see what&amp;#39;s ...</title>
    
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      These people have no self-awareness nor ability to see what&amp;#39;s really going on. :/&lt;br/&gt;[share author=&amp;#39;Neil E. Hodges&amp;#39; profile=&amp;#39;&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/profile/tk&amp;#39&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/profile/tk&amp;#39&lt;/a&gt;; avatar=&amp;#39; &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/9771122601621ba5f928baf927109050-5.png?ts=1645979131&amp;#39&#34;&gt; ; link=&amp;#39;&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/display/881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054&amp;#39&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/display/881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054&amp;#39&lt;/a&gt;; posted=&amp;#39;2026-08-30 18:17:08&amp;#39; guid=&amp;#39;881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054&amp;#39; message_id=&amp;#39;&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054&amp;#39&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-166a-9473-a41b-fcd698384054&amp;#39&lt;/a&gt;;]Keep in mind that if you&amp;#39;re only making a living because of your wage, [b]you are working class[/b].  That includes software engineers.  Don&amp;#39;t think executives from the ruling class are going to give you special treatment after they&amp;#39;ve replaced [i]you[/i] with LLMs.  Cheering that on is exactly the same as cheering for your unemployment and worse.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[url=&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998&lt;/a&gt;][img= &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/18468871056a947330416c2420479998-1.png&#34;&gt; ]Sorry but arguing that software engineering isn’t “working class” is one of the main reasons software engineers rarely have a union, and why they end up as pawns in politics.[/img][/url]&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[url=&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462&lt;/a&gt;][img= &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/44615350176a947379b8478649920462-1.png&#34;&gt; ]First tweet: &amp;#34;I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.&amp;#34;  Second tweet: &amp;#34;Consider also the possibility that the very wealthiest privately acknowledge the climate catastrophe and their solution is simply to allow 90% of humanity to perish, after training the machines to replace them. AI fanboys are like turkeys admiring the Christmas lights.&amp;#34;[/img][/url][/share]&lt;blockquote class=&#34;border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid&#34;&gt;&lt;div class=&#34;-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2&#34;&gt;quoting &lt;br/&gt;&lt;span itemprop=&#34;mentions&#34; itemscope itemtype=&#34;https://schema.org/Article&#34;&gt;&lt;a itemprop=&#34;url&#34; href=&#34;/note17j74pyaqunnwrzhrcdly65l94xnr7xzj27mamd8s2p9m57j0zjasqelqly&#34; class=&#34;bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1&#34;&gt;note17j7…lqly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/div&gt; Keep in mind that if you&#39;re only making a living because of your wage, [b]you are working class[/b].  That includes software engineers.  Don&#39;t think executives from the ruling class are going to give you special treatment after they&#39;ve replaced [i]you[/i] with LLMs.  Cheering that on is exactly the same as cheering for your unemployment and worse.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[url=&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998&lt;/a&gt;][img= &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/18468871056a947330416c2420479998-1.png&#34;&gt; ]Sorry but arguing that software engineering isn’t “working class” is one of the main reasons software engineers rarely have a union, and why they end up as pawns in politics.[/img][/url]&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[url=&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462&lt;/a&gt;][img= &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/44615350176a947379b8478649920462-1.png&#34;&gt; ]First tweet: &#34;I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.&#34;  Second tweet: &#34;Consider also the possibility that the very wealthiest privately acknowledge the climate catastrophe and their solution is simply to allow 90% of humanity to perish, after training the machines to replace them. AI fanboys are like turkeys admiring the Christmas lights.&#34;[/img][/url]&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/18468871056a947330416c2420479998-0.png&#34;&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/44615350176a947379b8478649920462-0.png&#34;&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;
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    <updated>2026-08-30T18:20:11Z</updated>
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      In reply to &lt;a href=&#39;/nevent1qqswh0ulvu9q0qjp85n9gctqkwq69y02r7lmpeu6d6l5raz25mcpu2qyv2ze0&#39;&gt;nevent1q…2ze0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;_________________________&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Keep in mind that if you&amp;#39;re only making a living because of your wage, [b]you are working class[/b].  That includes software engineers.  Don&amp;#39;t think executives from the ruling class are going to give you special treatment after they&amp;#39;ve replaced [i]you[/i] with LLMs.  Cheering that on is exactly the same as cheering for your unemployment and worse.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[url=&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/18468871056a947330416c2420479998&lt;/a&gt;][img= &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/18468871056a947330416c2420479998-1.png&#34;&gt; ]Sorry but arguing that software engineering isn’t “working class” is one of the main reasons software engineers rarely have a union, and why they end up as pawns in politics.[/img][/url]&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;[url=&lt;a href=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462&#34;&gt;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photos/tk/image/44615350176a947379b8478649920462&lt;/a&gt;][img= &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/44615350176a947379b8478649920462-1.png&#34;&gt; ]First tweet: &amp;#34;I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.&amp;#34;  Second tweet: &amp;#34;Consider also the possibility that the very wealthiest privately acknowledge the climate catastrophe and their solution is simply to allow 90% of humanity to perish, after training the machines to replace them. AI fanboys are like turkeys admiring the Christmas lights.&amp;#34;[/img][/url]&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/18468871056a947330416c2420479998-0.png&#34;&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src=&#34;https://f.kawa-kun.com/photo/44615350176a947379b8478649920462-0.png&#34;&gt; &lt;br/&gt;
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    <updated>2026-08-30T18:17:08Z</updated>
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