The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
!["I am a believer in the one-dumb-foot-in-front-of-the-other strategy," he replies when asked whether he believes in following a long-term plan. "I definitely think for fun, you know, after a couple of glasses of wine at the end of the night, about what it's going to be like when we're building the Dyson sphere around the solar system [a theoretical megastructure that blends physics with science fiction]. But the way to make progress, I think, is you just do the thing in front of you, and then the next one, and the next one." -Sam Altman](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:quokhzc7pnjshcw5upqn4suw/bafkreie5qkjtlnlhohh3ruj4x5g5pgknhqiysfdzmwrsudqvbm3jfsh5py@jpeg)
