If Harris were competent, she likely would’ve won. Honestly, I’m convinced that she didn’t want the position, as she put in zero effort to distinguish herself from Biden.
She just sort of floated to the vice presidency on the failures of other politicians and then was forced into the spotlight after Biden lost donor support. Her campaign slogan was, “Nothing will change,” and it was completely expected that she would lose.
The president has these companies hostage in terms of trade rules. They appease him or they lose out, and considering the state of big tech, they need friends, because the AI bubble has drained their supply chains of resources.
We really have hit the final form for many technologies. I remember the reviewer, Marques Brownlee saying that we’ve reached “peak” smartphone. Our devices are now in their final form, with only small tweaks from year to year, like better batteries, faster chips, more ram. But the interface, dimensions, etc. are set.
Very much like a car gets better mileage or safety features, but the underlying tech hit its peak and the most recent change for automobiles was the emergence of the SUV in the 1990s, a generation ago.
AI is peak internet search. Instead of searching for a page, giving that page traffic and funding it through ads or affiliates, AI destroys the source by copying and starving the website of traffic. The search becomes an encyclopedia of information delivered as if written by a person. Nice for a quick question, even good enough to write that essay you’ve been putting off. But not good enough to build a new electrical grid and drain the local aquifer.
Candidates lose when nobody endorses them. In Hong’s case she could’ve pulled through with a Bernie or AOC endorsement.
The other 2 should’ve never entered. Campaigns are popularity contests and if you know you’re unlikely to win voters or have skeletons in your closet you should stay home or work for somebody else’s campaign.
Jesse, what are you talking about?