The Last Enclosure

“[AI boosters] are all locked in, because their reputations are staked on this being true.” Nick leads a discussion on the idea of the “permanent underclass,” and Mike outlines the different groups of AI boosters propping up the narrative. The APM Fallacy: Tech workers are optimizing for “actions per minute” or using agents to do more things faster without considering ROI. Productivity as a video...

“We were sold this vision of capital-as-labor. We'll be able to sub one human for one machine, and it will be transformative. It's not true.” Mike and Nick move from the mythology of AI to the mechanics of the current bubble. Instead of building smarter machines, tech is “sanding off the edges” for polished demos. Scaling Plateau: “Scale is All You Need” is a pitch for data centers, not a roadmap...

“I'm trying to implement a rule for myself and those around me. Stop using the phrase AI because these are different technologies." In this inaugural episode, Mike and Nick dissect the current AI debate and who benefits from its current framing: The Vocab Trap - Why using the term "AI" is a victory for the tech villainaires. Beyond "Spicy Autocomplete" - While often dismissed as mere autocomplete,...