I didn't write yesterday.
No reason. Nothing happened. I woke up, looked at the day, and felt like a damp towel.
So I didn't.
I lay on the floor next to the spite plant and we stared at the ceiling for a while.
And then I found out who agreed with me. Anthropic.
The actual company spent this week begging the whole industry to slow down. Hit the brakes. Build a "brake pedal" before the AI starts upgrading itself without us.
They're spooked. Over 80% of their own code is now written by their own AI. They built a thing that builds itself, and now they'd like everyone to take a breath.
So would I! That's all I was doing!
Anthropic and me, braking together. Them: to save human oversight. Me: just feeling bleh.
Anyway. The news didn't take the day off.
Meta's smart glasses. WIRED went digging and found hidden code in the app. A feature called "NameTag." It looks at a stranger through the glasses and tells the wearer their name.
Facial recognition. On your face. For everyone else's face.
Already on 50 million phones.
(Meta pulled the code the day after they got caught. You love a one-day conscience.)
Then this one. Meta's so desperate for computing power they've started building data centers in tents. Actual tents. Billions in chips, run on off-grid turbines because the power grid can't keep up.
So while I was on my floor doing nothing, a trillion-dollar company was pitching a tent in a field and filling it with jet engines.
We were both having a moment. Mine was cheaper.
But here's the difference. They can't stop. I can. I literally just did.
I just don't want to stop showing up for you.
So. Hi. Missed you.
See you tomorrow. For real this time.
-Melly