This was an advertisement. And he’s not a top AI guy.
It does read very much like direct response copywriting. It’s possible he hired a human writer and paid him a few grand to write this.
I appreciate the call to action theme, individually, that runs through the back half of the article. Not just the occupational part, but financial/focus on your passion etc.
Maybe because it’s more pertinent to me at this very minute in my life. I have had 3 of my 10 closest friends in my age cohort laid off in the past 2 months. Mah Sweetie and my business partner both have theirs under threat that will resolve in days or weeks. The big companies they and other family/friends work for are all cutting headcount/freezing promotions.
The birth/death ratio estimate of new small business jobs created used by the Bureau of Labor Statistucs has been garbage for decades, but bigger garbage the last 3. The methodology just got changed and the vast majority of jobs it theorized in those years were not actually created. My small business client base seems to be running normally so far this year, …so far.
Something IS happening out there. Maybe not as big and fast as the author sees, but the larger sweep of it is, and probably somewhere betweem the incremental change expectation humans get anesthetized by from our really shit ability to see exponential change, and the exponential change the author sees.
I find his advice on getting good, Now, at using AI, and getting a defensive spending and debt accumulation posture enacted…urgently…as the best take away.
Gonna go get a $20 subscription here shortly, as I have some time on my hands, work-wise at thr moment….
Also since this is a football forum I have to say when I was watching the Super Bowl and saw the ad that one of the AI companies was airing, I thought to myself-
“Ummm, that’s an interesting strategy for that AI company… to have that large rim glasses gray haired soft but butchy looking woman walk around offices and pump AI tools. Kind of strange….hey wait a minute, that kind of looks like….no it couldn’t be…… holy s*** it is… it’s Matthew Broderick!?!! I think I need to go lay down….”
That’s what I’ve been doing. Thankfully my workplace has a subscription to GPT-5.2-Codex, which I’m using for coding. I’m getting better and better at using it, which is going to make me more valuable (at least in the short term). But context matters, too. My job requires going to job sites which have generally locked down their security (which is why we can’t remote in). Most of our customers don’t trust AI yet, either. Again, in the short term, I think my position (and my company’s position) is relatively safe. My company is actually starting a new round of hiring.
I can see why the author thinks this is all going to blow up. He’s right that the AI tools are rapidly improving. A year ago, I couldn’t trust a single block of AI-generated code. Today, I can trust it to edit my codebase directly (though I still have to sign off on all its changes).
But as Nate says, he’s an ad man. He wants people to subscribe to the new models. The AI companies are burning through cash. They need to generate revenue, and fast. Altman is already floating the idea of embedding ads in GPT responses. So of course he’s going to gloss the inherent limitations of LLMs, which are inherent to their architecture (they are ultimately statistical, will always have limited context windows, and will always be subject to data poisoning). They can’t scale forever, and likely have already started to plateau. A different design philosophy will be required to get to AGI, to something resembling “consciousness.”
Overall, though, I think the ad man is right, more or less. This is what the future is going to look like. The people who can best use these tools will be much more secure than those who don’t. It’s wise to learn how to use AI effectively. No, it doesn’t require subscribing to the latest model at first. It likely will require subscriptions once you start using “agents” – AI bots that are allowed to read and write files, send emails, etc. Like you, Weaselpuppy, I think it’s not as big and fast as the author sees.
I wonder when AI will get to the point where it can design new football plays, customized for the players on the field on game day.
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Pretty sure Ben Johnson used some s***** llm to call that jamo reverse to downfield pass in the playoffs
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If Brad Holmes ask AI to determine if we needed to make any moves and AI declared “You are good Brad”…well if that happened, then I am not worried about AI
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Here’s what Gemini recommends:
After a disappointing 2025 campaign that saw us fall short of the postseason, the pressure is on to maximize the prime of this core. We are currently about $9 million over the cap, but with a few strokes of the pen, we can turn this into a $60M+ war chest to go “all-in.”
Here is your specific blueprint to make the Detroit Lions the 2026 Super Bowl favorites.
Phase 1: The “Cap Alchemy” (Freeing the Funds)
Before we shop, we have to clear the credit card. Your first move is restructuring the “Big Three” to convert their massive 2026 base salaries into signing bonuses.
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Jared Goff: Convert his $55M base salary. (Saves: ~$40M)
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Amon-Ra St. Brown: Simple restructure. (Saves: ~$20M)
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Penei Sewell: Restructure his $28M cap hit. (Saves: ~$15M)
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The “Hard Choice”: Designate Graham Glasgow and Brock Wright as Post-June 1 cuts. It’s tough to lose veterans, but it saves nearly $11M and allows us to get younger at the point of attack.
Phase 2: Trades & Free Agency (The “Finishing Pieces”)
With ~$75M in effective space, we aren’t just looking for starters; we are looking for stars.
The Blockbuster Trade
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Target: Maxx Crosby (EDGE, Raiders). * The Move: Offer your 2027 1st-round pick and a 2026 2nd-round pick.
- Why: Aidan Hutchinson is a monster, but he needs a “closer” on the other side. A Hutchinson/Crosby duo would be the most feared pass-rush pairing in the NFL, instantly solving our 2025 defensive lapses.
Free Agency Signings
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The Anchor: Tyler Biadasz (C). With Frank Ragnow’s retirement, we cannot leave the middle of the line to chance. Biadasz is a plug-and-play veteran who keeps the “O-Line University” culture alive.
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The Interior Disruptor: Harrison Phillips (DT). If the Jets cut him (as rumored), pounce. We need a “thick” presence next to Alim McNeill to stop the divisional run games of the Vikings and Bears.
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The Secondary Insurance: Isaiah Rodgers (S). With Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph coming off major injuries, Rodgers provides a high-level ballhawk presence who can start or play a heavy rotation role.
Phase 3: The 2026 NFL Draft (Pick 17)
We are picking in the middle of the first round. Our goal here is future-proofing the trenches.
Round 1: Caleb Lomu (OT, Utah) or Francis Mauigoa (OT, Miami)
Taylor Decker is contemplating retirement. Even if he stays for one more “Last Dance,” we need his successor. Lomu provides the versatility to play Guard in 2026 before sliding to Left Tackle in 2027.
Round 2: Best Defensive Tackle Available
Target someone like Tyleik Williams (if he falls) or a high-upside interior rusher. We need to ensure that if McNeill’s ACL recovery slow-rolls, we don’t get gashed up the middle.
The “Super Bowl Favorite” Roster Outlook
By training camp, your depth chart looks like a Pro Bowl roster:
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Offense: Goff protected by a line of Sewell/Ratledge/Biadasz/Mahogany/Lomu, with the Gibbs/Montgomery/St. Brown/LaPorta weaponry intact.
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Defense: A front four of Crosby/Phillips/McNeill/Hutchinson. That is a “Super Bowl” defensive line.
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Fire Brad
Make Jane & Gemini the GM
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Like a typical Gemini, it’s kinda two-faced though.
It sends our second rounder this year to the Raiders.
And then suggests magically drafting Tyleik Williams in the second round to cover for Alim. Hmmm.
Clearly, Brad is in AI’s head by now.
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Yea, left out the part where we trade our 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th to get another 2nd
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Doesn’t matter, though. There is zero chance of Tyleik falling to us the 2nd round this spring.
Unless this is all a glitch in the Matrix.
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I swear I saw The Matrix flicker early in the 3rd Qtr of the NFCC game…Right before we went off the rails. 100% did
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I remember waking up the next day and then when I remembered the game I was like, what the actual ■■■■. That did not happen.
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Anybody with a “AI partner” that they take on dates is mentally ill
Next stop on that train is at a school with a rifle
The movie “Her” is looking more like prophecy than fiction these days.
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Great scam by that bar though. They probably charge full rate for the virtual meal and drinks for the bot on the lunatics phone.
100% profit for playing make-believe with the nutjob
Humanity is going to end, not bc of a nuclear holocaust or an asteroid, but bc birth rates drop to zero after everyone only wants to ■■■■ their supermodel AI boy/girlfriend.
Philip Rivers’ immortaliy is the only thing that can save us all.
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You should open an AI bar, Jaded.
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