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Circa 1993, Vernor Vinge wrote that the first working AI would be the last thing that humanity ever invented. We don't *have* a first working AI, and at this rate—shifting the global economy to run at
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Footnote: During a tech bubble you don't need to make sure that whatever you're selling "is working", you just need a minimum viable demo and a herd of panicking investors afraid of losing out. It was
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Renato Ramonda
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Bearded geek, loudmouth, lover of hats, good food, strange music, games, language, plastic model kits and lots of other stuff. Beginner but enthusiastic Ukulele player, complete beginner at acoustic guitar. Yes, I like to suck at many things at the same time.
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Nov 19, 2025
@cstross@wandering.shop do you remember the agriculture company on the NYSE that woke up to being suspended for excessive price growth because the "rational investors" were buying their stock wholesale... Because they had "com" in their name?
Something like "Agricom Corp" or somesuch.
In 1999 you didn't even need a vaporware product presentation.
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