No, I'm pretty sure declining birthrates are caused by the smartphones, either that or the AI lied to me again but I'm still pretty sure its the smartphones.

"Recent economic research links the rise of smartphones to the persistent decline in birth rates. A National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study estimates that early smartphone adoption accounts for 33% to 52% of the drop in the U.S. general fertility rate, particularly among teenagers and young adults under 30"

-- this quote is from AI and could be a complete fabrication

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Citizen_Lame 17 hours ago | parent [-]

This whole thread is dumpster fire of sovereign citizens caught in AI psychosis supporting authoritarian bullshit.

	▲	filoleg 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, this isn't the HN I remember, but the one I am, unfortunately, stuck in. Slow but steady reddification of HN audience (judging by the comments) is its biggest existential threat imo. And the worst part is that, unlike with the actual reddit, this isn't due to the platform owners/admins at all (as I can only think of good things to say about @dang and the HN itself).