this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2025
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
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Wait.
It just dawned on me.
That's the whole fucking point of LLMs. They can't change truthful sources of information, they can only change what information is presented to the User.
By massively pumping in billions and billions of dollars into the LLM Slop machine, it's not investing in a useless technology, it's investing in anti-intellectualism. It's entirely on purpose.
They're trying to poison the minds of people.
There may be some involved that see this as useful for their purposes. Let's not fool ourselves though, the main reason has always been the money. Once it was realized this could be a huge profit scheme, that was the purpose. Anything else, good or bad, is a side effect of the money grab. Regulations should have stepped in long, long ago, but laws are always way behind technology.
I like how we said the same thing, but I got downvoted for it because I didn't bury the lede.
They're not trying to. They're mostly trying to replace the need for wages and salaries.
The fact that they're doing it with effectively "we have wage slaves at home" leads to your point.
AI can be a great tool. As an assistant. As a fancy search engine. And sometimes to do the most menial parts of jobs. But it doesn't directly replace people. Even in the case of taking fast food orders, first that's not a whole job, and second, it still needs supervision. It's a tool.
l was with you until you said fast food wasn't a whole job. It's more of a job than most, especially because of supervisors. It's exhausting and rough work. The one cost they bring up the most at fast food jobs is "labor" costs (they never say wages, wonder why).
Parent comment is saying that taking orders at a fast food restaurant is not the full job. Not that working in fast food isn't a real job.
I believe that if you re-read that and correct a mild grammatical error the intent becomes clearer (correction highlighted):