Yes, I feel the same. While I do think those tools work, the productivity gains are not the end of the world, specially because if you want to use them effectively you need to be very specific and then review the generated code afterwards.

The problem is not the AI tools per se, but the expectation that AI will be the new industrial revolution and the feeling that managers will be able to cut costs (and personnel) due to the fictional gains that AI provides. It ends up becoming a self-fufilling prophecy, since they force devs to work harder and longer with higher productivity targets.

I do believe AI will be a big flop. Not because it is a bad tool, but because it will never fulfill the hype.

This is so sad. People are lonely, stressed, longing to connect. I don’t blame the AI, but the whole condition that put the person in that position

Other telegram channel with info about middle east:

https://t.me/thecradlemedia

Usually the Grunts in every military are people drafted from the poorest social classes, the ones that have little to lose.

And then we have this war connected with the popping of the AI bubble.

US people aren’t any more stupid than any other people in the world. The biggest problem of the US (the majority, since there are a few true comrades there as well) is that you expect every four years a savior will fall from the heavens and solve all your problems without you having to move your asses.

It’s your job as a socialist to do something. If you have nothing better to do, read theory. If you know theory, then agitate. If people are agitated, then demonstrate.

People in the West will only learn the hard way. But, you can’t blame them all, this is a result of a false conscience from a century of propaganda. There are cracks, but it is still holding.

Lots of press regarding the closure of the straight of Ormuz:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-revolutionary-guards-tell-ships-passage-through-strait-hormuz-not-allowed-2026-02-28/

There are a lot of people repeating the same story on Telegram. But it seems Iranian government hasn’t confirmed this yet.

White collar criminals in capitalist countries are only concerned when they fuck with the bourgeoisie. Then they know the state will go after them in full force.

This woman seriously need to learn about European colonialism…

I see the contradictions within the US are going to inevitably lead to revolutionary period. However I don’t share your optimism. The revolution can only win or resist if there’s an organized class councious proletarian organization. If the reactionaries win but there’s no such org still fighting clandestinely, what we can hope is the repetition of Germans in the WWII… A fascist imperialist regime with no opposition. So, while I am hopeful, I am not optimistic about what is going on.

I don’t know, but I smell a revolutionary period brewing… If orgs are able to take advantage of it. But even if it’s bad for the US, the global south would really benefit from a civil war in the US. A temporary benefit, though, as if the reactionary side wins, we can expect the US doubling on war and imperialism, as they wouldn’t have an opposition.

I never bought into this far right shit, but I used to access content that was meant as right wing propaganda. I used to browse 9gag a lot, just to have some laughs. But then I started thinking the memes were becoming less funny and more racist, until I stopped going there and instead went to Reddit. Suddenly I discovered socialist subreddits and got hooked into the theory.

This scares me. I showed my little daughter a video of Lions, a pet robot, and she fell in love with it. I wonder how people are building tech so we basically start interacting with artificial friends, pets and lovers. And because of it we start living even more isolated than we already are (online) and dependent on products offered by tech giants which are just simulating affection and taking advantage of our loneliness, stress etc.

After China surpasses and start leading in most critical tech industries, the US economy and dollar dominance will simply fall apart (as it may be happening with the AI bubble right now). Why trading for dollars when you can simply import every critical tech, with superior performance and cheaper cost, from Chinese markets?

It makes sense why the US is becoming desperate and willing to wage wars and implement trading chaos to try to disrupt supply chains in order to slow down Chinese progress. But all this effort will lead to nothing as China is always one step ahead of the US.

Wow, that’s a lot of effort

Yes, this scenario is a possibility. I just hope it does not become reality.

This is a very common saying that has many variations on the internet. But this exact phrasing was used by Nicholas Klein at a convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1918.

https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43161471-milosnicy-lenina-wygrali-ze-zbigniewem-ziobra-ich-partia-nie-zostanie-zdelegalizowana

It seems that this prohibition did not actually take place.

First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.