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AI slop (Original Post) edhopper Saturday OP
I have ForgedCrank Saturday #1
The question the oligarch has not asked edhopper Saturday #2
hey, how is the fascist govt gonna watch us all w/o it? mopinko Saturday #3
Senator Bernie Sanders has told US oligarchs to 'Go to hell' usonian Saturday #4

ForgedCrank

(3,115 posts)
1. I have
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 09:39 AM
Saturday

to say, the AI trend is bothering me a lot. It stands to destroy truth, art, creativity, and even economies. I see it as the vehicle for further wealth imbalance as the few get richer and the rest of us become dependent on whatever scraps are left.
I do hope I am wrong, but we are already witnessing these things even as AI is still in it's infancy.

edhopper

(37,407 posts)
2. The question the oligarch has not asked
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 09:47 AM
Saturday

when they replace tens of millions of jobs with AI slop, who will buy the crap they sell?

mopinko

(73,796 posts)
3. hey, how is the fascist govt gonna watch us all w/o it?
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 09:49 AM
Saturday

i used to not worry about my privacy online, cuz how were they ever gonna sort out all the online content, and find me?
they’re flooding us w raccoons on trampolines to cover for the real purpose.

usonian

(25,885 posts)
4. Senator Bernie Sanders has told US oligarchs to 'Go to hell'
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 10:11 AM
Saturday

Well stated!

It's not just slop but job destruction.

Hacker News has more than 10 posts a day about the slop and automated harm to websites by the intense crawling.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/go-to-hell-bernie-sanders-unites-labor-leaders-in-huge-push-for-ai-protections-and-a-halt-to-data-center-construction-growing-national-anti-data-center-sentiment-results-in-protests-bans-and-project-cancellations

In a statement accompanying a video shared online, Sanders said, “The same oligarchs who shipped jobs overseas now want to replace tens of millions of American workers with AI. Our message to them is: Go to hell.”

The video saw Sanders target Tesla, specifically Elon Musk’s plans to convert the company to focus on robotics with the plan to build 100 million robots per year. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman was also in Sanders’ crosshairs for his prediction that most white collar work will be fully automated by AI within the next 12 to 18 months.



More.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bernie-sanders-says-elon-musk-100105315.html


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) escalated his criticism of the artificial intelligence boom on Tuesday, warning on the Senate floor that what he called "The Big Tech Oligarchs" want an AI revolution that enriches a handful of billionaires and not the broader working class.

Sanders Names Tech Titans Driving AI

In a post on X, the Vermont independent wrote, "Who is pushing AI? Musk. Bezos. Zuckerberg. Ellison. What they want is not what working families need," and embedded his full floor speech.

Who is pushing AI? Musk. Bezos. Zuckerberg. Ellison.
What they want is not what working families need. https://t.co/kRJCrkV0E5

— Sen. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 24, 2026




Roughly half the internet traffic is AI crawlers and bots.

It was useful.

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