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The public internet model is dying from too much content, algorithmic aggregators, and vulnerabilities found with AI, and that may bring new possibilities

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The public internet model is dying from too much content, algorithmic aggregators, and vulnerabilities found with AI, and that may bring new possibilities

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Contraptions: Modern AI panic reflects “cognitive mercantilism”, a zero-sum worldview where intelligence is a scarce, dangerous supply-side resource that elites must manage

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