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I'd love for our board to put thr pressure on to see measurable financial returns from AI, but I don't see it. Same for the companies we work with.
If anything, the risk appetite has only increased after "agentic AI" broke through in the press.
If anything, the risk appetite has only increased after "agentic AI" broke through in the press.
February 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I'd love for our board to put thr pressure on to see measurable financial returns from AI, but I don't see it. Same for the companies we work with.
If anything, the risk appetite has only increased after "agentic AI" broke through in the press.
If anything, the risk appetite has only increased after "agentic AI" broke through in the press.
My company is usually very good at ensuring investments generate an adequate financial return. We know what the pressure will look like when it's not happening.
AI is not that, it's the top pressuring those below them to _do something_ with financial discipline being thrown to the wind.
AI is not that, it's the top pressuring those below them to _do something_ with financial discipline being thrown to the wind.
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 PM
My company is usually very good at ensuring investments generate an adequate financial return. We know what the pressure will look like when it's not happening.
AI is not that, it's the top pressuring those below them to _do something_ with financial discipline being thrown to the wind.
AI is not that, it's the top pressuring those below them to _do something_ with financial discipline being thrown to the wind.
I'm skeptical. I work for a very, very large corporation and the only pressure I'm seeing is to "do more" with AI.
As for outcomes, as long as you have some metrics that went up, that's more than enough.
As for outcomes, as long as you have some metrics that went up, that's more than enough.
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I'm skeptical. I work for a very, very large corporation and the only pressure I'm seeing is to "do more" with AI.
As for outcomes, as long as you have some metrics that went up, that's more than enough.
As for outcomes, as long as you have some metrics that went up, that's more than enough.
To the tiny extent his argument works, it applies equally the other way around.
Which might matter if he was being interviewed on a channel where critical are asked, but I doubt Emmer will give interviews to non-US media, so nvm.
Which might matter if he was being interviewed on a channel where critical are asked, but I doubt Emmer will give interviews to non-US media, so nvm.
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
To the tiny extent his argument works, it applies equally the other way around.
Which might matter if he was being interviewed on a channel where critical are asked, but I doubt Emmer will give interviews to non-US media, so nvm.
Which might matter if he was being interviewed on a channel where critical are asked, but I doubt Emmer will give interviews to non-US media, so nvm.
What an infantile comment by the original poster.
All material possessions are temporary, as is life. In the meantime we have a society to keep functioning.
All material possessions are temporary, as is life. In the meantime we have a society to keep functioning.
February 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
What an infantile comment by the original poster.
All material possessions are temporary, as is life. In the meantime we have a society to keep functioning.
All material possessions are temporary, as is life. In the meantime we have a society to keep functioning.
They was a Spartan mercenary general that fought for Carthage, but not sure "they fought well as mercenaries for an empire that lost anyway" helps his argument.
February 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
They was a Spartan mercenary general that fought for Carthage, but not sure "they fought well as mercenaries for an empire that lost anyway" helps his argument.
Must be an opening for someone to create a VC fund that does not invest in crypto, LLMs or web3 scams.
Should attract investors for diversification and hedging purposes alone. Would likely also show superior returns compared to the AI cash furnaces
Should attract investors for diversification and hedging purposes alone. Would likely also show superior returns compared to the AI cash furnaces
February 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Must be an opening for someone to create a VC fund that does not invest in crypto, LLMs or web3 scams.
Should attract investors for diversification and hedging purposes alone. Would likely also show superior returns compared to the AI cash furnaces
Should attract investors for diversification and hedging purposes alone. Would likely also show superior returns compared to the AI cash furnaces
Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but seems like it could end up in situation where the president has unreviewable authority to decide what is an emergency and Congress can only claw it back with a supermajority?
Depending on how SCOTUS rules.
Depending on how SCOTUS rules.
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Maybe I'm too pessimistic, but seems like it could end up in situation where the president has unreviewable authority to decide what is an emergency and Congress can only claw it back with a supermajority?
Depending on how SCOTUS rules.
Depending on how SCOTUS rules.
Genuine question: if the senate also passes this, can Trump veto it?
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Genuine question: if the senate also passes this, can Trump veto it?
He's really just an old-fashioned scammy stock promoter of the kind that used to make their living pushing depleted South African gold mines to retail investors in Vancouver.
Only difference is Mush has never met serious pushback and so he has kept spiralling into insanity.
Only difference is Mush has never met serious pushback and so he has kept spiralling into insanity.
February 2, 2026 at 11:22 PM
He's really just an old-fashioned scammy stock promoter of the kind that used to make their living pushing depleted South African gold mines to retail investors in Vancouver.
Only difference is Mush has never met serious pushback and so he has kept spiralling into insanity.
Only difference is Mush has never met serious pushback and so he has kept spiralling into insanity.
Future Democratic administrations should treat her as a leper, and the Venezuelan opposition should find someone with a brain and a spine to lead them.
February 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Future Democratic administrations should treat her as a leper, and the Venezuelan opposition should find someone with a brain and a spine to lead them.
I'm struggling to parse what this is even intended to mean.
January 31, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I'm struggling to parse what this is even intended to mean.
I'd settle for Silicon Valley being neutral instead of aggressively pro-Trump.
If that doesn't happen, I'd be in favor of the EU and Democrats burning Silicon Valley to the ground.
If that doesn't happen, I'd be in favor of the EU and Democrats burning Silicon Valley to the ground.
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I'd settle for Silicon Valley being neutral instead of aggressively pro-Trump.
If that doesn't happen, I'd be in favor of the EU and Democrats burning Silicon Valley to the ground.
If that doesn't happen, I'd be in favor of the EU and Democrats burning Silicon Valley to the ground.
Ellison sucks, but I wonder why he's decided to be hyper-aggressive about everything all at once. Hubris, thinking he might as well before he dies, age impacting his judgement, wanting to seize the political moment?
I hope he lives to see it all blow up, whatever the case.
I hope he lives to see it all blow up, whatever the case.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Ellison sucks, but I wonder why he's decided to be hyper-aggressive about everything all at once. Hubris, thinking he might as well before he dies, age impacting his judgement, wanting to seize the political moment?
I hope he lives to see it all blow up, whatever the case.
I hope he lives to see it all blow up, whatever the case.
Or they are making a distinction between him losing "commander at large" title vs. losing his job altogether.
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Or they are making a distinction between him losing "commander at large" title vs. losing his job altogether.
Genuine question, who is this?
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Genuine question, who is this?
Extremely stupid remake of dolchstoßlegende coming right up
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Extremely stupid remake of dolchstoßlegende coming right up
I assume Bovino will immediately transition to an extremely lucrative new career as a MAGA pundit/podcaster/propagandist.
Which is all the more reason Democrats need to find a way to prosecute him.
Which is all the more reason Democrats need to find a way to prosecute him.
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I assume Bovino will immediately transition to an extremely lucrative new career as a MAGA pundit/podcaster/propagandist.
Which is all the more reason Democrats need to find a way to prosecute him.
Which is all the more reason Democrats need to find a way to prosecute him.
I wouldn't trust either Rutte or Trump to tell me the time of the day, even if for different reasons.
I think this will unravel quickly. You already have Greenland politicians (rightly) saying that NATO has no mandate to negotiate mineral rights or sovereignty for Greenland
I think this will unravel quickly. You already have Greenland politicians (rightly) saying that NATO has no mandate to negotiate mineral rights or sovereignty for Greenland
January 22, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I wouldn't trust either Rutte or Trump to tell me the time of the day, even if for different reasons.
I think this will unravel quickly. You already have Greenland politicians (rightly) saying that NATO has no mandate to negotiate mineral rights or sovereignty for Greenland
I think this will unravel quickly. You already have Greenland politicians (rightly) saying that NATO has no mandate to negotiate mineral rights or sovereignty for Greenland
Also, no-one in Denmark currently seems to know what this framework is, which is also not super-great
January 21, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Also, no-one in Denmark currently seems to know what this framework is, which is also not super-great
I don't think this is a good thing tbh, it's just deferring the problem for however long it takes Trump to realize this doesn't give him Greenland.
As a Dane, I'd rather have the bandaid ripped off and get on with the US-Europe breakup.
As a Dane, I'd rather have the bandaid ripped off and get on with the US-Europe breakup.
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I don't think this is a good thing tbh, it's just deferring the problem for however long it takes Trump to realize this doesn't give him Greenland.
As a Dane, I'd rather have the bandaid ripped off and get on with the US-Europe breakup.
As a Dane, I'd rather have the bandaid ripped off and get on with the US-Europe breakup.
"Weak and humourless is no way to go through life". Almost thought Graham had developed self-awareness, but alas.
In any case, he can go fuck himself.
-- A Dane
In any case, he can go fuck himself.
-- A Dane
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Weak and humourless is no way to go through life". Almost thought Graham had developed self-awareness, but alas.
In any case, he can go fuck himself.
-- A Dane
In any case, he can go fuck himself.
-- A Dane
The one high-profile Democrat at Davos choosing to make clear he also sees Europeans as primarily someone to shit on to make himself look strong isn't very helpful.
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The one high-profile Democrat at Davos choosing to make clear he also sees Europeans as primarily someone to shit on to make himself look strong isn't very helpful.
Not that it matters much right now, but the guy saying is from a party that is the closest Danish equivalent to MAGA.
Xenophobic assholes to the core.
Xenophobic assholes to the core.
January 20, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Not that it matters much right now, but the guy saying is from a party that is the closest Danish equivalent to MAGA.
Xenophobic assholes to the core.
Xenophobic assholes to the core.
And in the end, it will lead the US into the same dead end as Russia. Trying to make vassals out of other nations is both hideously expensive and the cruelty necessary will deform the US itself (already happening, to be fair).
January 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
And in the end, it will lead the US into the same dead end as Russia. Trying to make vassals out of other nations is both hideously expensive and the cruelty necessary will deform the US itself (already happening, to be fair).