food for thought….
Perhaps the biggest "development" since Q was actively posting has been the MASSIVE push for so-called AI, which Q never really discussed.
(That said, AI has been a huge topic of discussion since the 60's or so, with repeated failed predictions and a few localized "wins".)
As I see it, there are two seemingly fatal problems with AI hype:
1) AI cannot learn from AI slop. Very subtle nuances that appear in actual human products are totally absent in AI slop. This has been noted by many. Try to make a JPG from a JPG and iterate. More and more detail disappears because the algo thinks it doesn't matter. But EVERYTHING matters. In real human life, EXACTLY what word you use and where and how you pronounce it signals all kinds of stuff, my niggers.
2) The push for AI is EVISCERATING the very pipeline of skilled workers that would be needed to actually RUN an AI future. AI isn't just computer code. They are spending VAST sums of money to build and run actual physical machines. At the same time, they are destroying job prospects for computer geeks, electrical engineers, accountants, etc. If you need EXPERTS on such things they have to first learn by being novices.
My surmise:
THEY know collapse is inevitable and are counting on government intervention once they embed "AI" into the whole economy.
Then the "government" can basically just print money to run AI as a surveillance and control mechanism, and those who maintain their social credit will get money for basic survival.