mad_muppet

The scope and breadth of the finding out over the next 5 years is just going to be impossible to see the edges of. A planet-sized phenomenon it will be impossible to ever fully perceive, record, or collate.

I will never forgive the current "AI" industry for tainting the name of Artificial Intelligence with this current LLM insanity; it will take many years to recover from this, if we ever actually do

@Will_W_Welker @Kshi_nippon I have these all over my blue state, so I mean… The issue isn’t red/blue, chap. Your GOP friends want cheap indentured labor all over the place, too. Sorry.

@Kshi_nippon These are common in America. You just have to be far away from Democrat-run shit hole cites.

One thing many foreigners find unbelievable about Japan 🇯🇵 In some rural areas, people sell vegetables through unmanned stands. No staff. No security guard. You simply take what you want and leave the money behind. And somehow… it often works. Could this exist in your country?

@ComixDada2264 @Kshi_nippon I have one of these around the corner from my house. Several more a mile out. Firewood, too.

This might work in our gated communities... That's when people have a big neighborhood with a fence around it and a gate with a passcode or even a security guard stand. Maybe we can have a society like that, like in Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged, in a fortified city where people act civilized

@AmericanNstlg @StrongUtah You’re nostalgic for AI slop generated nondescript vending machines, cheap cinder block construction, and fluorescent-backlit billboard advertising beaming consent-free into your eyes from everywhere? I mean OK, those are choices.

@AlabasterApu @StrongUtah Some of us have been warning you all for twenty years.

@StrongUtah It did. Like tsunami

Welcome to the new fatigue. I’m so sick of seeing, hearing, and smelling the third world.

Same.

Really funny that people who are pro AI don’t want to be on the receiving end of AI work.

@DataloreT @romanhelmetguy There is absolutely NOTHING going on in the Valley or the Bay Area which is vital to either national security or national economic parity. These are both cult driven fantasies on the brink of collapse. You’re running out of Kool-Aid.

To play devils advocate... Unless our corporate leaders are willing to invest in cultivating a sufficient pool of skilled labor domestically, which they have refused to do for a couple of generations, the only way to compete with China, and the rest of the world is to poach, and import skilled labor. Of course the government could invest in free trade school for citizens, but the liberal/libertarian constituency wouldn't support that..

You can bitch and moan about high-skilled immigration all you want, but at the end of the day we have to give all the good jobs to foreigners. Otherwise we might someday get conquered by a foreign country, and then they’d give all the good jobs to foreigners.

@PlumbNick Didn’t all you flag wavers want corporate personhood, less regulation, and to allow the “free market” to produce monopolies and uncontainable consolidation? Y’all got your wish. Why are you crying now?

The same company that “eliminated” 30K roles over the last six months, also had 33k H-1B positions certified this year. And if that wasn’t enough, they’re moving jobs like US Payroll Analyst, Customer Success Manager US and US Tax Analyst to India. US titles, US work, Indian offices and more American workers replaced. Call this what it is: corporate betrayal - we will never forget this.

I find it difficult to get work in my field as a 50 year old white guy in the 2020s, but when I do the job is ALWAYS to clean up after Indians (and women with low-effort Masters’ who think they’re STEM now, but that’s a separate conversation.)

You know, I’ve been down on AI, but honestly if the standard is that an LLM can write code as well as any Indian H1B, then yes, the tech has been at that level for awhile.

@FloridaManV You vomited a stream of consciousness doubled spaced tautology with absolutely nothing of substance to say. Why should anyone more than skim it? I’m sure your bestseller is imminent.

@mad_muppet I'm very happy to know you can read even if it is hard. Congrats. I'm sure your Mom is very proud!!! Let her know I'm proud of you too.

My lifelong opinions on immigration have changed the last few years. When I was younger, I saw immigration as an unvarnished good. An unqualified good for the country. And I still think immigration is, and has always been, America’s secret weapon. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to a few realizations. Number one, not all groups of immigrants are the same. Not all ways people immigrate are the same. And not everyone in this country sees things the way I do. I think under Biden we had too much immigration, too fast, and too uncontrolled. And programs like H-1B allowed a lot of immigration without maybe real voter consent. Not in the sense that people voted on the scale and tradeoffs directly and said, yes, this is what we want. I still think the vast majority of Americans see immigration as a positive, even Republicans. Personally, I believe immigration is one of the things that made America America. And ironically, the people who struggle the most with immigration often have it exactly backwards. Immigrants have balls. They come to a foreign country. They often don’t know the language, the customs, the rules, or anyone here. And they come to the United States and build a life for themselves. That is incredibly admirable and remarkable. And the type of people who self-select to do that are often some of the best people in the world. I really believe that. I believe America attracts some of the very best people on the planet, and we will continue to do so. And it doesn’t have to be some romantic story where everyone is coming here only for freedom or democracy or whatever. Economic immigration has always been a huge part of the story too. People come here because they want a better life. They want opportunity. They want their kids to have a better shot. That is not a bad thing. That is one of the most American things imaginable. But here’s where my views have changed. I don’t think assimilation is optional anymore. If you want to have a country that continues to bring in large numbers of immigrants, assimilation is not some outdated idea. It is essential. It is the key component that makes the whole thing work. Because if my son loses his job, or I lose my job, to an immigrant, yeah, that can cause resentment. That’s human nature. But if you lose your job to an American who has a different ethnic background, but is fully American, that feels different. Maybe his parents came here from somewhere else. Maybe his grandparents did. Maybe his family has been here one generation, five generations, or ten. But he’s just an American kid. He likes football. He was in Boy Scouts. He plays video games. He listens to the same music. He’s on TikTok all day. He complains about school. He watches the same shows. He has the same weird slang as every other kid. He is not some foreign presence. He is just an American. And America is really good at doing that. We can take people from anywhere in the world and turn them into Americans in a generation or two. That is our greatest strength as a country. But it doesn’t happen by magic. It requires enough control that people believe the system is fair. It requires enough time and space for people to assimilate. It requires a culture that actually believes becoming American means something. And it requires leaders who understand that immigration only works long term if the American people believe they have a say in it. We have fair laws, and we enforce them. We have a secure border and a generous & humane legal immigration process. So my view now is not “immigration good” or “immigration bad.” It’s more like this: Immigration is one of America’s greatest strengths. But too much, too fast, too uncontrolled, without consent and without assimilation, can turn that strength into a source of resentment and division. The goal should not be to shut the door. The goal should be to make immigration work again in the way America has always been uniquely good at making it work: Bring people in. Give them a real shot. Expect them to become Americans. And be proud that they do. USA USA USA

@NotoriousAKG Pretty smart actually. Anyway since you are such a fierce advocate of India, I’m sure your talents would be valued there domestically. Why don’t you go and find out.

Fun fact: Under Hart-Cellar, there were no limits on the numbers of migrants from Canada, Central, and South America. An Indian would not get in, but all of El Salvador could show up lawfully.

@SeeFisch LMFAO

I have never seen fraud in Doctors coming on visas or going for legal immigration. Never.

@ScientistOnHold “Scientists”

We are happy to share real stories of how USCIS holds have negatively impacted the lives of scientists. Feel free to reach out to us and share your story anonymously or openly, and tell us more about how your expertise benefits the United States. #ScientistsInLimbo

@NedaSa_ Buddy, we’ve worked with these people. There isn’t anyone left for you to fool.

The people you call “replacements” are often the same people teaching American students, training researchers, building startups, creating jobs, and sharing knowledge that helps the U.S. stay ahead! This has never been a one-way process. America benefited from attracting global talent, and many Americans benefited from working with them too. Don’t be blindsided into thinking every skilled immigrant is here to replace someone. Many are here to build, teach, innovate, and contribute.

@rishabhm Even you know that you are full of shit.

The US has a "Won't study STEM" problem. At least not enough to satiate the appetite of American businesses.

LMFAO

@menhguin @TeslaOnDiet No, because they're caste-based horseshit culture would just take over and they'd behave precisely the same: superficially obedient, but still incompetent, lazy, and deceptive. Nothing would change except that there would be even more of them. No thank you. Go home.

@TeslaOnDiet literally, the exact solution to this is to increase the time they can stay while looking for a job, lol.

Indian engineers in the US are one layoff away from packing their entire life into a single bag and leaving the country in 60 days. Of course they’re more compliant than their counterparts.