Honestly at this point y'all should just get the fuck out. Where to? Anywhere honestly. You'll probably find the third world preferable to a post project 2025 Murica.
Russia's been having a major brain drain issue as all people with functioning brains either have escaped or want to escape the country. I don't see why Americans should do any different.
The entire system is alien to me, with the districts and the electoral college and (...)
It's so -- Simple -- Here.
WELL
At least presidential choice is simple here, the legislative houses are their own beast.
But yeah here it's just: Each (properly registered, though registration can be done through the internet) adult person gets one vote, if a candidate gets 50%+1 they are in, if none manage to get that there is a run-off round with the top 2 or 3 candidates.
Over there it's like people from certain states have their votes be worth more than people from other states, and then there's the whole "winning the district" thing and the whole idea of red/blue/swing states. So much complexity.
That specifically has actually not happened to me. Though I've seen people comment on it.
........... But.
One scenario I run into a lot is finding a result that would be useful...
.... But it depends on external links. And those links are dead. The internet is a perpetually on fire Library of Alexandria
Adding to what everyone else has said.
.... You know what helped me learn how to write (which I now do for a living)? Yes, talking in comment sections -- But specifically.
I spent a lot of time in fandom forums.
Why does this matter?
Well.
TV Show fandoms are very low-stakes, you know? If you're learning to swim you start at the kiddy pool, not the olympic one. So you can participate in discussions, make up headcanons, and learn how to express your ideas... And if you do get picked apart or something, even if you actually, genuinely, fucked up and were straight up wrong. It's... Y'know. It's just a TV show. So you can, in fact, let it go.
It's different from when you're talking about something serious, something important. If you're writing about something technical and you mess up, you can end up spreading misinformation. On a political discussion, being clear on what you mean is important because the stuff being talked about matters. Not so for a fandom.
Oh and -- Re-read what you wrote, and use that edit button if you catch something you missed.
I make a point to just not open any thread that mentions US Politics.
Internet search has gotten stupider
Used to be I could always find exactly what I wanted with a quick google
Now I usually have to go into the second page or change my terms a lot before getting there.
Clairvoyance and kids shouldn't mix
There's that whole "children of Dune" book that tells us why.
When it's not under threat of being crushed by an angry moon, Clock Town is a very nice place.
Lindblum from Final Fantasy 9 (roman numerals are for goobers)
I adore the concept of a Castle Town where the castle is so big it sorta consumes the entire town. And the whole steam-punk techno-fantasy vibe of the city is extremely pretty.
If you specifically mean LLM/GenAI:
If you mean anything that utilizes machine learning ("AI" is a buzzword), then "AI" technology has been used to help scientists and doctors do their jobs better since the mid 90s
I wish it was socially acceptable to call people lazy for certain computer-related woes.
I often have to "rescue" my mother because her computer 'broke'. -- What is actually happening is that windows is doing the usual Windows thing of nagging you about updates/microsoft edge/whatever. It's a matter of reading what it's saying, but she just... Doesn't read the message or look for the button. This woman has a PhD. Like. She isn't stupid. She's incredibly smart, actually. But she just doesn't want to learn.
Like, the computer itself can tell you a lot of stuff. You just need to read and click around. But when it's a computer screen it's like some people develop selective blindness. I legitimately wonder if people who are 60+ have some eyesight thing going on where content displayed on a screen and specifically on a screen is unreadable to them. Because if anything is in a different place or it does something unexpected, they just lock up like a deer in the headlights instead of like. Reading what is on screen.
Mate
The fake ass AIs we have are straining the power grids of the entire world
AGI literally cannot hurt humanity because a minor brownout would kill it in its cradle.
It would.
But I think that ship has sailed.
And honestly it might be the third-worlder-accustomed-to-things-being-uttter-bullshit in me. But I think "Winning back the country" is an unrealistic and foolhardy goal. Everyone who is on the radar for being harmed by Trump should look out for themselves and their own. Which includes "getting the fuck out of the country" if that is what it takes.
Additionally: A significant portion of the country won today. They got exactly what they wanted. And pretending that this neofascism is some kind of external infection is tantamount to covering one's own ears.