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Thou Shalt Not Make A Machine in the Image of a Human Mind
Yes, Gen AI is made of people - poorly paid and exploited people. What makes AI “work” is massive amounts of tedious content meta-tagging to ID the baseline attributes of context, tone, & meaning of content so it can be retrieved and synthesized by your chatbot of choice. bit.ly/3ILZyo2
The $5 Trillion Illusion
What AI Is Really Built On
open.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Yes, Gen AI is made of people - poorly paid and exploited people. What makes AI “work” is massive amounts of tedious content meta-tagging to ID the baseline attributes of context, tone, & meaning of content so it can be retrieved and synthesized by your chatbot of choice. bit.ly/3ILZyo2
AI is killing search. Not with a crash, but with a polished answer card that eliminates clicking — and with it, economic opportunity & innovation. “AI Expert Consultants” offer to optimize your brand for AI. Ballocks as the Brits might say. davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/ai-killed-...
The AI That Killed Search
And a lot of "AI" Consultants are helping
davidappelbaum2.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
AI is killing search. Not with a crash, but with a polished answer card that eliminates clicking — and with it, economic opportunity & innovation. “AI Expert Consultants” offer to optimize your brand for AI. Ballocks as the Brits might say. davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/ai-killed-...
What does Sam Altman really want - besides power, obscene wealth, & total infrastructure domination? He’s proliferating the Frankenstein Monster he’s helped create across the entire critical digital infrastructure of the USA. What could possibly go wrong
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/sam-altman...
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/sam-altman...
Sam Altman is a Lying Sack of ....
From Congressional Charm to Pentagon Power Plays
davidappelbaum2.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What does Sam Altman really want - besides power, obscene wealth, & total infrastructure domination? He’s proliferating the Frankenstein Monster he’s helped create across the entire critical digital infrastructure of the USA. What could possibly go wrong
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/sam-altman...
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/sam-altman...
Today - July 23, 2025, in an effort to turn the page from Epstein Epstein Epstein, Le Grande Orange (apologies to Rusty Staub RIP) unveiled his AI Action Plan, a sweeping policy initiative that should have every American trembling in fear and loathing.
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/special-ed...
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/special-ed...
SPECIAL EDITION: Trump’s AI Action Plan
Deregulation Run Amok
davidappelbaum2.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today - July 23, 2025, in an effort to turn the page from Epstein Epstein Epstein, Le Grande Orange (apologies to Rusty Staub RIP) unveiled his AI Action Plan, a sweeping policy initiative that should have every American trembling in fear and loathing.
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/special-ed...
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/special-ed...
With China rising, the dollar wobbling, and no killer app in sight, the broligarchs must choose: loyalty to empire or survival in a world without Musk.
open.substack.com/pub/davidapp...
open.substack.com/pub/davidapp...
Musked Intentions
Dark MAGA's Implosion and the AI Arms Race
open.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
With China rising, the dollar wobbling, and no killer app in sight, the broligarchs must choose: loyalty to empire or survival in a world without Musk.
open.substack.com/pub/davidapp...
open.substack.com/pub/davidapp...
Dario Amodei said the quiet part out loud: 83 million jobs lost by 2027, $189B invested in AI vs. a mere $8B in brain research, and how this imbalance benefits is a feature not a bug.
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/brains-vs-...
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/brains-vs-...
Brains vs. Bots: How AI Investment Is Gutting Human Potential
John Henry Had A Hammer...
davidappelbaum2.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Dario Amodei said the quiet part out loud: 83 million jobs lost by 2027, $189B invested in AI vs. a mere $8B in brain research, and how this imbalance benefits is a feature not a bug.
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/brains-vs-...
davidappelbaum2.substack.com/p/brains-vs-...
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Her family don't need our taxpayers money 😡👇🏾
May 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Her family don't need our taxpayers money 😡👇🏾
My new Substack post is alive and dangerous - please subscribe to the Mentat Project for more on these topics - open.substack.com/pub/davidapp...
The Foundation of Dark MAGA and the Hijacking of Silicon Valley
The Revenge of the NERDS
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May 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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@sanders.senate.gov how about you run for Senate Minority Leader? You know how to fight and have been absolutely correct in your ideas and policy since W. You’ve been a prophet in the wilderness too long! Run Bernie run! #dumpSchumer
March 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
@sanders.senate.gov how about you run for Senate Minority Leader? You know how to fight and have been absolutely correct in your ideas and policy since W. You’ve been a prophet in the wilderness too long! Run Bernie run! #dumpSchumer
@stevehacketthq.bsky.social I am so looking forward to your show in Oakland in November! A respectful request - please add Back in NYC and/or In the Cage to your Lamb set list. Please?? Love what you’re doing!
March 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@stevehacketthq.bsky.social I am so looking forward to your show in Oakland in November! A respectful request - please add Back in NYC and/or In the Cage to your Lamb set list. Please?? Love what you’re doing!
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To the Terrible Ten - a hearty F*!%K you - you quisling collaborationist feckless corporate lackeys! We need leaders who will fight - not fold!
@schumer.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov, @cortezmasto.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @shaheen.senate.gov we got rid of Manchin and Sinema - you’re next!
@schumer.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov, @cortezmasto.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @shaheen.senate.gov we got rid of Manchin and Sinema - you’re next!
March 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
To the Terrible Ten - a hearty F*!%K you - you quisling collaborationist feckless corporate lackeys! We need leaders who will fight - not fold!
@schumer.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov, @cortezmasto.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @shaheen.senate.gov we got rid of Manchin and Sinema - you’re next!
@schumer.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov, @cortezmasto.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social @shaheen.senate.gov we got rid of Manchin and Sinema - you’re next!
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social bravo!! You’ve grown a spine! @schumer.senate.gov you have all the resolve of a glass of warm milk. You don’t understand - open or shutdown this regime will pick and choose anyway! The more they overreach the sooner they collapse! FIGHT!!
March 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social bravo!! You’ve grown a spine! @schumer.senate.gov you have all the resolve of a glass of warm milk. You don’t understand - open or shutdown this regime will pick and choose anyway! The more they overreach the sooner they collapse! FIGHT!!
@schumer.senate.gov do NOT sign the CR!! You need to grow a pair and FIGHT. You’re from Brooklyn for Chrissakes - act like it!
March 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
@schumer.senate.gov do NOT sign the CR!! You need to grow a pair and FIGHT. You’re from Brooklyn for Chrissakes - act like it!
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No lies found in this mural. 😑
No lies found in this mural. 😑
March 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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No lies found in this mural. 😑
No lies found in this mural. 😑
It’s time for a third-party with teeth - focusing on equalizing and ensuring equal access to health, to wealth and education for ALL Americans - The American Labor Party!
1. End Citizen’s United
2. Expanded bench w/Term limits for Supreme Ct
3. Ranked Choice Voting
4. Cap on CEO pay
1. End Citizen’s United
2. Expanded bench w/Term limits for Supreme Ct
3. Ranked Choice Voting
4. Cap on CEO pay
March 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s time for a third-party with teeth - focusing on equalizing and ensuring equal access to health, to wealth and education for ALL Americans - The American Labor Party!
1. End Citizen’s United
2. Expanded bench w/Term limits for Supreme Ct
3. Ranked Choice Voting
4. Cap on CEO pay
1. End Citizen’s United
2. Expanded bench w/Term limits for Supreme Ct
3. Ranked Choice Voting
4. Cap on CEO pay
@schumer.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov SHUT IT DOWN!!! Now is the time to stand strong against this corrupt and illegitimate regime! They’ve already crippled it - time to shut it down to bring them to heel. Compliance is surrender!
March 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@schumer.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov SHUT IT DOWN!!! Now is the time to stand strong against this corrupt and illegitimate regime! They’ve already crippled it - time to shut it down to bring them to heel. Compliance is surrender!
And once again @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has shown just exactly what he's made of - jelly! As 10 of his caucus fecklessly side with the MAGAts to censure @algreen.house.gov after his principled outrage at Mango Mussolini at his SoU Reichstag address. You need to grow a spine or resign.
March 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And once again @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has shown just exactly what he's made of - jelly! As 10 of his caucus fecklessly side with the MAGAts to censure @algreen.house.gov after his principled outrage at Mango Mussolini at his SoU Reichstag address. You need to grow a spine or resign.
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Well that was a pathetic showing @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Once again you showed that Dems are weak and have no clue how to respond. Why don’t you do the Country a favor and resign in favor of Dems who know how to throw a punch!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Democrats Wonder Where Their Leaders Are
Activists want to see their opposition party do some actual opposing.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Well that was a pathetic showing @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Once again you showed that Dems are weak and have no clue how to respond. Why don’t you do the Country a favor and resign in favor of Dems who know how to throw a punch!
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social by attending tonight’s Reichstag address you are once again bringing knives to a gun fight! Wake up / the rules have changed! Time to take the gloves off and show what we’re made of! BOYCOTT!
March 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social by attending tonight’s Reichstag address you are once again bringing knives to a gun fight! Wake up / the rules have changed! Time to take the gloves off and show what we’re made of! BOYCOTT!
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STILL SO ANGRY ABOUT FRIDAY EVEN THOUGH I’VE HAD MY SAY!
March 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
STILL SO ANGRY ABOUT FRIDAY EVEN THOUGH I’VE HAD MY SAY!