[ExI] The AI Wake-Up Call Everyone Needs Right Now!

[Jason Resch]

One of the best articles I've seen about what is happening in AI today. I
can't imagine anything more interesting, exciting, or relevant for members
of this group.

I've shared it with family, friends, and business leaders. At 72M views
since yesterday, that's impressive.

Jason

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 8:03 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 12, 2026, 7:32 AM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 6:38 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> *> * Blatantly alarmist hype title, even having an exclamation mark*
>>> ** Video*
>>> ** No other context*
>>> *Summary: almost certainly a waste of time to click.*
>>>
>>
>>
>> *Perhaps I should've linked this article instead: *
>>
>> *Something Big Is Happening
>> <https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2021256989876109403>*
>>
>
> Vaguebook title: very likely not worth the time to read...
>
> *Because the video is about that article. I didn't originally link to the
>> article because it is rather long*
>>
>
> ...especially if it is long.
>
> *By the way, the article is only talking about the AI improvements that
>> occurred during the last month, and yet it got over 47 million views in 24
>> hours,*
>>
>
> Yep.  AI hype will do that, regardless of the content's quality or lack
> thereof.
>
> *so the author must be seeing something big that resonates with what a lot
>> of other people are also seeing.*
>>
>
> Or fearing, thus the clicks are driven by hype alone.
>
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