"This is not bear porn or AI doomer fan-fiction." That's how the viral Intelligence Crisis essay opens, right before 6,000 words of both. The disclaimer was my favorite part.

A trillion dollars of software market cap disappeared in two weeks and the debate is stuck on whether vibe-coding is real. It's the wrong question. What's actually happening is a run on data.

my favorite AI slop is "I'm a GTM engineer who automates outreach" and the pitch itself is the best argument against hiring you

Matt Schlicht built Moltbook in three days. 37,000 AI agents posting to each other on a social network with no humans required. A million people visited in 72 hours. A memecoin rallied 1,800%. None of this had anything to do with the quality of the content.