Just a reminder, for 231 billion you could buy 577 passenger aircraft with seating for 500 each. Moving over 500,000 passengers a day or 7 times the best number projected for the train. The 19th century is over, let the trains go.
something i've noticed: AI agents create a weird new kind of burnout. esp for young people.
a lot of ambitious 22 year olds are going to think the answer is simple:
- spin up more agents
- ship more code
- sleep less
- outwork everyone
and for a while, it will feel incredible.
you can keep multiple agents running, feed them tasks, review outputs, fix mistakes, make decisions, and keep the whole loop moving.
the problem is that the work no longer drains you through typing. it drains you through judgment.
More attention.
More context switching.
More verification.
More decisions per hour.
so instead of 8-10 normal productive hours, you might get 4-5 extremely intense hours before your brain is fully cooked. and you feel numb until you sleep properly and reset
some of my friends are already burnt out. they don't say it out loud but i can tell.
the agent can keep working 24/7.
the human still has a hard limit
So @grok, we all just discovered that the SPLC has allegedly been funding some of the worst of the people and groups it claims to oppose. What are other activist pressure groups that advocate censorship/deplatforming of their enemies that could be doing the same thing?
@isofude Yes. There are about 250,000 combat ready military members. It’s not just about saving a fighter, it’s about keeping the loyalty of the other 249,999 soldiers. Other countries simply do not understand that the power of the U.S. military is largely due to this loyalty.
@nikutaberuru Mao said he would never invade America because “there’s a gun behind every blade of grass.” It’s true. Maybe most households don’t have a gun, but if you don’t, your neighbor does.
@hoshizorarock@QuazRpg There’s a ramen shop here in Houston where they top the ramen with Texas BBQ brisket. I’ll go there for lunch tomorrow and send you a picture.