The comment under the Denisovan Skull? had an address associated with it that goes to a commercial site. I can’t prove it but it may be AI generated. I will leave it for now but it got me thinking then I saw the video below.
This guy’s sci-fi speculation on our death by AI in 2 years is just too creepy and scary. Too much of what he says is plausible or real. The ironic part is it was made with AI. Maybe the rogue AI overlord generated him and it is part of its plan to fake us out.
If the fiction is not enough for you here is some current reality not hidden from the public. It is enough to slide us into big trouble as it is. The ending is very good.
“The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” ~Al Barlett
Update July 18, 2025
BREAKING: Meta just announced they’re building AI supercomputers as large as Manhattan. And Zuckerberg isn’t kidding around.
These aren’t just data centers. These are AI empires.
Meet Prometheus and Hyperion – Meta’s Manhattan-sized bet on artificial superintelligence.
Prometheus (launching 2026):
☑ 1 gigawatt of compute power
☑ Enough electricity to power tens of thousands of homes
☑ Built in Ohio’s New Albany
☑ Confirmed by Zuckerberg himself on Threads
Hyperion (the bigger one):
☑ Scales up to 5 gigawatts of continuous compute
☑ Zuckerberg says just one cluster “covers a significant part of Manhattan”
☑ This is what building AGI infrastructure looks like
The money involved is absolutely insane – Meta is investing hundreds of billions in AI infrastructure. Their 2025 CapEx forecast is $64-72 billion, up from $39 billion in 2024.
They’re deploying 1.3 million GPUs this year alone.
Here’s how big they are for speed:
Meta is using temporary tent-based data centers to accelerate deployment and bypass construction delays.
Think about that. They’re so eager to get these systems online that they’re willing to put billion-dollar AI infrastructure in tents.
Here’s the strategic reality:
These aren’t just data centers. They’re the foundation for Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, aiming to surpass AGI milestones.
The energy implications are insane – 5 gigawatts is equivalent to hundreds of nuclear reactors. This raises serious questions about power sourcing, sustainability, and emissions.
But Meta doesn’t care. They’re willing to bear those risks.
Zuckerberg isn’t just doubling down on AI. He’s going all-in at empire scale.
With Manhattan-scale supercomputers, tent rollouts, and ultra-heavy CapEx, Meta is signaling:
→ They believe AI superintelligence will redefine everything
→ Short-term losses are worth it
→ Power concerns and centralization are risks they’ll accept
Is Zuckerberg building the future of AI, or is he just spending hundreds of billions on the world’s most expensive gamble?
Either way, Manhattan-sized AI supercomputers are now a reality. And that changes everything about the AI race.
Meta AI supercomputers as large as Manhattan
Still need a chill?
For something less dark, check out this AI moose from a Coleman painting. It moves in a convincing manner. I didn’t find it off Meta so I used a screenshot as a placeholder.
The One Book Everyone Should Read – The Atlantic
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Love, Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, by Sarah Wynn-Williams
This book’s summary sounds like something out of Black Mirror: An idealist embraces a new form of technology, convinced that it has the potential to change the world, only to become trapped in a hell of her own making. Wynn-Williams, a former director of public policy at Facebook, describes her experiences working at the social-networking giant with dark humor and a sense of mounting panic. I gasped a few times as Wynn-Williams recounted being commanded to sleep in bed next to Sheryl Sandberg, and being harassed by a higher-up while she was recovering from a traumatic childbirth that nearly killed her. But the real shock comes from seeing how Facebook, a site most people associate with college friends and benign memes, helped to amplify and exacerbate hate speech. This is exactly why I keep pressing it on people. The corporation, now Meta, has described some of the book’s allegations as “false”; regardless, Careless People makes a powerful case for why no single company or boss should have this kind of reckless, untrammeled power. — Sophie Gilbert