Dean Ball Adds Nuance: Meta Timelines Are Slop-Dominated, But Threat Models Still Fail
deanwball · x · 2026-08-09
In a follow-up, Dean Ball admits the picture is complex. He acknowledges that the vast majority of people haven't even heard of Anthropic or learned to identify AI patterns. He concedes that Meta's various timelines are increasingly dominated by slop. Nonetheless, he maintains that reality hasn't unfolded as the 'AI and democracy' scenarios from a couple of years ago suggested.
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