Let's start with the investors' delusion. AI started as an investment project from the usual suspects: venture capitalists, private wealth funds, and tech monopolists with large cash reserves and ready access to loans during the cheap credit bubble. These entities are accustomed to making large, long-shot bets, and they were extremely motivated to find new markets to grow into and take over.
17/
Cory Doctorow
npub1fd…jlvhs
2026-03-13 02:22:53 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…ur54
Author Public Key
npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhsSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-03-13 02:22:53 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "f161cd793fae1a7c34139e87287184426f59300dc95e62f912282149ef9b0a9b",
"pubkey": "4b461234559a9a14049435e1dd0e483916844ceadadfd6b5da824b157953bde6",
"created_at": 1773368573,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"0c2b51249329ff285cf93071c5a959c2c068643cad19f185f08c0376a38fe63a",
"",
"root",
"4b461234559a9a14049435e1dd0e483916844ceadadfd6b5da824b157953bde6"
],
[
"content-warning",
"Long thread/17"
],
[
"e",
"50a1a30c8e31adc79c1e0714ab108cf6b12e616cb324948fb06c292595a9a48d",
"",
"reply",
"4b461234559a9a14049435e1dd0e483916844ceadadfd6b5da824b157953bde6"
],
[
"p",
"4b461234559a9a14049435e1dd0e483916844ceadadfd6b5da824b157953bde6"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116219482831920397",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116219482831920397",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/116219482831920397",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Let's start with the investors' delusion. AI started as an investment project from the usual suspects: venture capitalists, private wealth funds, and tech monopolists with large cash reserves and ready access to loans during the cheap credit bubble. These entities are accustomed to making large, long-shot bets, and they were extremely motivated to find new markets to grow into and take over.\n\n17/",
"sig": "75c5f24e53196ce3f24e08fe59e81e02b8ff4ea58445a08a5a9679e038bcc20a5d4dd00d4b10f5058e6e368f4e03fc4d8744618ce89b6b112ef11af75a1a7649"
}