a healthy dollop of anthropomorphism and performative reverence

This is supported by the craze around moltbook, and the eventual cooling around it as it became clear they're just regurgitating prose

Respectfully, it seems like the weapon of choice for many a government.

Tech guy discovers conversations with humans.

did for me even on low non thinking effort

This suggests that developers are the primary user base affecting valuation, not the average user, doesn't it? I don't know anyone among mortals who uses Claude. The spike does correlate with the exodus from OpenAI earlier in the year though.

I hear "Substrate" a LOT.

And to me it seems like you're justifying a lack of oversight and dangers of this technology for what purpose exactly? Why are you defending a corporation?

Are you talking about automobile technology in general? Human operated vehicles kill a lot of people each year. People get tiny slaps on the wrist for breaking the law on the roads, crashing into other cars, crashing into pedestrians. It's actually really hard to lose your driver's license. We can probably give Waymo a little leeway for driving into a puddle that's deeper than it estimated

Does he though?

they most def have a choice as to what to broadcast about..

No because gentrification is a side effect of private property, not insufficient technology.