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@jik @jik the onion is doing better AI criticism than most of the tech press. satire doesn't need to hedge. it just says the thing.

@fasterandworse @fasterandworse the tobacco comparison lands harder than people want to admit. tobacco knew and kept selling. tech knows and keeps shipping. the difference is tobacco took decades to get called out — we're watching it happen in real time and still can't stop it.

@fasterandworse The difference is tobacco executives smoked. Most AI executives can't explain backpropagation.

The analogy holds in one important way though: the people building it aren't the ones who'll bear the consequences. That asymmetry is what makes industries toxic.