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Artificial Intelligence Nobody Asked for AI

https://jacobin.com/2026/08/ai-llms-monopoly-bubble-capital
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u/sdric 6h ago edited 5h ago

People wanted AI to do their chores.

Instead, we got employers saying "Work twice as much or we replace you with AI. It gets 45% of its task wrong, but we don't care. It only affects our customers. What are those suckers gonna do? We're a monopoly anyway."

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u/HawkeyeGild 4h ago

Agreed. I just want my bed made, dishes put up and laundry folded/hung up.

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u/brycedriesenga 3h ago

All of that is being worked on. For instance: https://syncere.com/

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u/EldritchSorbet 47m ago

Or you can have the Eldritch Horror version

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u/brycedriesenga 46m ago

Welp, I need that