This has also been my experience. If i order something off eBay, there’s a decent chance it’s going to arrive in an Amazon box, delivered by an Amazon driver. I just had this happen the other day, decided to try an eBay seller and avoid Amazon. Sure enough it ended up being a shipment directly from Amazon through the eBay sellers account.
I’ve struggled to understand the value of this product. I know everyone has to do stuff they don’t exactly enjoy doing but how is putting this thing in charge supposed to make life that much easier? One small excerpt that indicates possible uses:
To allow it to perform tasks that require a computer, like booking flights or shopping for groceries
I’m not risking a problem with a flight of all things due to laziness leading me to put a bot in charge. Ridiculous. Grocery shopping? How much time is putting that thing in charge going to save me? If i ordered grocery store delivery all it’s going to do is take my shopping list and hopefully relay that info to the grocery stores site and schedule delivery and pay for it with my bank account. How much time is it saving me by automating it? A min or 2? I’m ok with ordering my groceries myself, most of the info will already be sitting there on my shopping list… going the “last mile” of ordering the stuff (as the bot could do) would be helpful i guess, but not revolutionary and ultimately something else i would simply rather handle myself. Why risk a problem just to potentially save a min or 2? And for what cost, at that?
The people that need a personal assistant can pony up the $ to pay one. I don’t see this being an effective stand-in for one, but maybe I’m wrong. To me, this is perhaps the most egregious example of a “solution in search of a problem” because I’m still not having that moment of clarity where it’s like “Ooooooh, that’s why there’s so much hype surrounding this tech”
See that’s the cool thing: if it doesn’t happen to them, it’s not a problem 😎
Path of least resistance ⚡
What a funny end to that story–tech bro finally lands a gf because she didn’t know any better to avoid tech bros 😭
Isn’t that one of Marc Andreeson’s key traits according to himself?
I love this idea 😆
That’s a good point. Those 20% of data centers getting cancelled were probably planned by the smaller companies i suppose…
While I’m sure the end result will be worse for us in a lot of other ways, one thing i found oddly positive is how his stupid decisions are going to fuck things up:
Most absurdly, given the priorities of Trump’s AI Action Plan, that tariff approach would cost the US about $90 billion annually in GDP losses and cause about 20 percent of data center projects planned through 2030 to be delayed or canceled
Circular like this 
Bankrupt morally and financially 🤷♂️
According to the article, it is due to restructuring that has nothing to do with the spite layoffs being used by the Trump administration to punish Democrats for their unwillingness to support a dramatic 2x increase to healthcare expenses for Americans.
Ahhhh, it’s been at least 20 mins or so since i had a reason to say “Fuck Deloitte”
Fuck Deloitte
Fuckers deserve to rot
Line must go up.
It’s such a stupid axiom but it explains everything perfectly
For instance: Volkswagen and Coco Chanel’s ties to Nazi Germany
He’s here a lot, does that count?
My guess: they’ll use this as their latest example of the “violent left” without evidence, as is tradition
And now more profitable than ever!