Stephen Klein

Most of us say we want to think for ourselves. But our behavior suggests we’d rather let machines do the thinking.

@philosophymeme0 The books may yet save us.

@TheSpacerr They love the attention. That is all this is about. And man, do we give that to them.

Anthropic's entire marketing strategy is based on threatening us.

@CACandChill The tech is almost a commodity at this point. I wonder if all software products will turn into some form of service hybrid, and it will be that connection and relationship with the customer that will serve as all of Porters 5-Forces wrapped up into one.

2026 feels like a simulation. AI is replacing workflows, attention spans are disappearing and somehow we’re all expected to act normal.

Maybe there are finally some people thinking for themselves!

@manojdotdev Like giving a nail gun to a chimpanzee

Everyone these days

@Ross__Hendricks In AI Land, no one makes money, and the more revenue they generate, the more they lose

One of the worlds largest tech cos casually admitting the technology we’re spending $1 trillion annually on might in fact be counterproductive, and will need human oversight every step of the way File this one in the “what were the signs?” folder

@jimstewartson They will get stubborn which is the most human thing about them.

It’s 2034. The U.S. education system has been largely dismantled. Instead, the government grants every man, woman, and child a LearnBlob which has all the answers. The AI industry has advanced to the point that almost all of existing human knowledge has been compressed to one app that lives on your phone, or your glasses—or, as Elon Musk promises, your neural implant. A Common LearnBlob has everything most people need to know. Wherever you go, and whatever you need to do, you can ask the LearnBlob—which always has just the right answer. Need to calculate a tip, come up with a good line on a date, or redecorate your home? LearnBlob is always available. You can even look at any piece of art or read any book you want! No need to write or learn to paint. Everything has already been done. Why bother? For those with a certain financial status, an upgraded LearnBlob can do all your work for you by launching “LaborBlobs” or as they used to call them “agents.” Your only job is to check in on the LaborBlobs and make sure things are going well. Instead of wasting time at “work,” your time is free to keep consuming! LearnBlobs are updated regularly by the government with everything the common people need to know. Sound good?

My favorite Picasso story (I studied him for my MFA) was when he painted Gertrude Stein (they were close friends in Paris), and when he showed her the finished portrait, she screamed, "That doesn't look like me at all!" and he said, "It will" and now when we look back at her we all believe she looked like he painted her.

Every year someone predicts the death of designers. 2015: “Templates will replace you.” 2017: “Squarespace will replace you.” 2020: “Canva will replace you.” 2023: “AI will replace you.” 2026: designers are still here. We’re not going anywhere.😁

@Toastcat4618 Exactly, if one is a good thinker and writer, it will always show, and if they are not, no matter what, that becomes more obvious than ever.

I have stopped reading all long posts because every single one of them is written by AI

@softpinkgiggles We have spent so much time comparing ourselves to the machine we lost the plot.

We completely botched the assignment with automation. The goal of AI was to do our laundry, cooking, and chores so humans could spend their time making art and writing poetry. Instead, AI is doing the writing and painting while we still have to work our 9-to-5s. 😰

@stats_feed The humanities people have been training for this their whole lives. It teaches how to think. We just couldn't see what they were useful for, until the moment arrived.

A human brain uses 12-20 watts for core thinking while an AI system doing the same processing could use 2.7 billion watts. This makes organic brains roughly 100–225 million times more energy-efficient than current silicon-based systems for full biological neural computation.

Writing the email is not the drudgery before the thinking. The act of choosing the words is the thinking. You are deciding what you believe, who you are talking to, what tone the relationship can hold, what you are willing to commit to in writing. The email feels routine because you have internalized the thinking, not because the thinking is not happening. Strip out the writing, and you strip out the cognition that was riding inside it, invisible until it was gone.

@raunakdoesdev @OpenAI While questions around ethics and dependency remain, both companies framed the initiative as a natural extension of technological progress.

interesting timeline that @OpenAI are the “good guys” now

@Polymarket But why are they rushing to public markets? Because keeping pace with infrastructure demands requires a relentless, capital-intensive cycle. They've already raised over $129 billion cumulatively just to stay in the compute race.

NEW: Dario Amodei warns countries without powerful AI could be like medieval swordsmen facing World War II Marines.

@PolymarketMoney Just a lot of fear and confusion

JUST IN: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly told employees the company expects to go public within the next year.

@Kalshi_Finance So many people are going to get hurt

JUST IN: SpaceX IPO is expected to create 4,000 millionaires

@unusual_whales Own a total-market fund, a Nasdaq fund, a Russell fund- you're enrolled regardless. Only the S&P-500 saver got the reprieve, and only until the profits arrive. Welcome to the all-you-can-lose buffet.

SpaceX's IPO is said to be multiple times oversubscribed, per Bloomberg.

@Polymarket Even as S&P kept the 500 closed, it opened its broader Total Market index to SpaceX.

JUST IN: SpaceX IPO reportedly expected to mint 4,000 new millionaires — “from engineers to cafeteria workers”

@antibearthesis OpenAI is not only losing about as much money as almost any company alive. It is planning to lose more, on purpose.

OpenAI’s finance team explaining how $20B revenue finances a $500B data center

@ai_sentience We assume other humans have it because they look like us and tell us they do.

Are humans conscious?