Life sometimes be like 1. Wait as long as you can to commit to The Thing based on imperfect information 2. Finally say "OK it's time" and commit to The Thing 3. RIGHT AFTERWARDS circumstances immediately change that make the previous commitment incredibly problematic 4. Repeat over and over again

Meet the new Boy Wonder running Grok #ai

Futurism

Elon Musk Fires 500 Staff at xAI, Puts College Kid in Charge of Training Grok

After less than a year a the company, a recent high school graduate is now in charge of vetting the training data for Elon Musk's Grok.

LET IT BE KNOWN THAT ALL AMERICANS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ESSAY PRAISING THE LEGENDARY CHARLIE KIRK -- AMERICA'S BESTEST BOY -- WITHIN 1 WEEKS TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER.

Centralized vs decentralized social media today faces the same problem as bad governance in American Blue Cities... "network effects" and costs of moving are too high, so they're willing to tolerate what they know is bad governance. "Because my friends, my family and my job are all here" is a powerful incentive to stay put, even in systems run by tyrannical rulers and/or inept bureaucracies. #nostr #decentralization

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