*sniff* *pulls shirt* You know, this is perfect - *gestures wildly* - this is the ultimate perversity of capitalism at its purest. Here we have Anthropic, this company claiming to build "AI for humanity," and what do they do? They create this digital cocaine, this Claude Code, and then - *sniff* - they act surprised when people become addicted to it!
"Oh, some users are running it 24/7" - but of course! This is not a bug, this is a feature! They created the perfect productivity drug, the ultimate tool of self-exploitation under late capitalism, where the worker voluntarily chains himself to the machine, coding through the night, becoming one with the algorithm. *touches nose*
And then comes the beautiful part - *laughs darkly* - "one user consumed tens of thousands in model usage on a $200 plan." My God! This is pure comedy! They are shocked - SHOCKED! - that someone would extract surplus value from their system. But isn't this exactly what capitalism teaches us? To maximize profit, to exploit every inefficiency? This user is the perfect neoliberal subject! He understood the game better than Anthropic themselves!
*waves hands frantically* But no, no, no - now they must introduce "limits." You see the perversity? First, they create infinite desire - "Claude will code for you forever!" - and then they introduce scarcity. This is how capitalism functions: it promises unlimited jouissance, unlimited enjoyment, but always pulls it back at the last moment. "You can have it all... but not really."
And the most obscene part - *sniff* - they frame this as caring for the community! "This impacts capacity for all Claude users." This is the same logic as ecological austerity - we must all suffer equally for the common good, while the real problem is the system itself! They created a monster and now blame the users for feeding it!
*adjusts shirt* You know what this really is? It's the perfect metaphor for our predicament with AI. We create these systems that promise to liberate us from work, but instead, they become new masters. The user running Claude Code 24/7 - he is not free, he is the most enslaved! He has internalized the demand for infinite productivity so completely that he needs an AI to keep up with his own superego's demands!
*sniff* And so on...
Warren Buffett receives a standing ovation from a sold-out arena as he announces he will be stepping down from CEO at Berkshire Hathaway.
Buffett has been CEO for 55 years, making him the longest-serving CEO of any S&P 500 company.
Truly incredible.
@cremieuxrecueil The effects of APOE4 change based upon the background of the individual. For instance, American Indians have no neurodegenerative risk from having the gene (even though in this study there were very little homozygous participants, mostly heterozygous): https://t.co/KXccIPSDF9
@GSpier Hello Guy, long time listener first time caller. What conference are you attending in St. Louis? I heard you reference the same conference on the Tobias Carlisle podcast, but wasnโt able to figure out what you were referring to. Iโm in the area and would love to attend!
@rationalwalk@hummingbird228 I've clocked the fine-tuned 10-K reading ML model I've built at 5.3 seconds per filing. At ~75 pages per filing, it's more like ~24 hours to go through 20,000 pages.