   Stephenson doesn't just write sci-fi, he writes operating manuals for the future. His books predicted cryptocurrency, the metaverse, and distributed computing before most of us knew what TCP/IP stood for. Warning: his endings are notoriously abrupt, like a segfault in the middle of your favorite function.

This really is a study in AI slop. At least they had the good sense to change it.

▲ abecedarius an hour ago | parent | next [-]

When they changed it is also when they misspelled his name. Opus got it right. I was surprised Stephenson took the misspelling as an AI tell.

▲ nakamoto_damacy 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How did his books PREDICT crypto when we had eCash way before any of his books? SMH.

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agentultra an hour ago | parent [-]

Most of his books are also dystopias, not operating manuals.

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ndiddy 42 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

a16z seems to view turning society into a dystopia as a goal, so that makes sense. Their portfolio includes:

- DoubleSpeed, a bot farm as a service provider, allowing customers to orchestrate social media activity across thousands of fake accounts to create artificial consensus on the topic of their choice. Never pay a human again!

- Cheddr, the TikTok of sports gambling, whose differentiating feature is allowing users under 21. Place live in-game bets with just a swipe!

- Coverd, a new type of credit card where you can wipe off bills by betting on your favorite gambling games in their app. No VPN required!

	▲	jsheard 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Cheddr > Coverd Even worse, they're bringing Web 2.0 startup names back...

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rainsford an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can A16Z tell the difference? Insert that meme "At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus, from the classic sci-fi novel, Don't Create the Torment Nexus".

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cmrdporcupine an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

a16z and others like them never met a dystopian warning they didn't interpret as a titillating invitation to an uncomfortably exciting and inevitable future!