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2026-08-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Bill Gates warns AI doomsday scenario is coming, with bioterror pandemics and huge job losses but tech bosses are keeping quiet about it

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-27 05:52|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [250 views ] Top

1 China’s humanoid robots aren’t smart enough to take your job – yet

Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-27 06:29|| 2026-08-27 06:29|| Front Page Top

2 Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-27 06:30|| 2026-08-27 06:30|| Front Page Top

3 I blame hand-held calculators for the end of mathematics.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-08-27 06:39|| 2026-08-27 06:39|| Front Page Top

4 some companies that build AI infrastructure are on a hiring tear, e.g., Core Weave which increased employees by 120% from 24 to 25

some companies that use AI as part of their biz 'software as a service' have been modestly adding employees year after year, typically 1-5%

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Others have stable or declining employee counts.

META itself peaked in employment 2022 but is increasing again
end of 2019 ~45k
end of 2022 ~87k
end of 2023 ~67k
end of 2024 ~74K
end of 2026 ~79k

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-08-27 09:13|| 2026-08-27 09:13|| Front Page Top

5 I can take you to small communities of farmers that believe electricity is from satan.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-08-27 09:17|| 2026-08-27 09:17|| Front Page Top

6 I should have added Microsoft's employment

mid of 2020, ~160k
mid of 2022, ~220k
mid of 2024, ~230k
mid of 2026, ~220k

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-08-27 09:38|| 2026-08-27 09:38|| Front Page Top

7 As if Windows wasn't bad enough.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-08-27 12:56|| 2026-08-27 12:56|| Front Page Top

8 Says the guy wanting to use mosquitos to deliver bioweapons.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-08-27 18:27|| 2026-08-27 18:27|| Front Page Top

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