jwzFeb 16

Everything written by AI boosters tracks much more clearly if you simply replace "AI" with "cocaine".

I shall demonstrate!

(Not linking to OP, because it's trash.)

"Let’s pretend you’re the only person at your company using cocaine.

You decide you’re going to impress your employer, and work for 8 hours a day at 10x productivity. You make everyone else look terrible by comparison. [...]

In this scenario, you capture 100% of the value from your adopting cocaine."

https://jwz.org/b/yk3t

cocAIne

Every now and then I make the mistake of of posting something on Mastodon that really should have gone on the blog first. This is one of those, from last week. It did some numbers. Everything written by AI boosters tracks much more clearly if you simply replace "AI" with "cocaine". I shall demonstrate! (Not linking to OP, because it's trash.) "Let's pretend you're the only person at your ...

Show threadDFeb 16
@jwz A selection of headlines from finance.yahoo.com today:

- "Dark side of cocaine": Wall Street weighs stock sell-off over disruption fears
- Rampant cocaine demand for memory is fueling a chip crisis
- The Big Tech losers as cocaine fears wipe billions off valuations
mushroom_manFeb 21
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@driusan You can even combine the two!

"Investors see hope in rich people's yacht money despite cocaine fears igniting a turbulent week for markets"

"Cocaine wasn't the biggest engine of rich people's yacht money growth in 2025, despite assumptions"

"The cost of cocaine slop could cause a rethink that reshapes rich people's yacht money"

"Cocaine is transforming rich people's yacht money -- not destroying it"

"Cocaine spending frenzy could reshape rich people's yacht money, CIOs say"

Feb 16 at 10:34amWeb
Show threadMad EngineeringFeb 16
@jwz @driusan I clearly got into the wrong industry.