"2027 will be incredible for the technically gifted": AI doom humor goes viral
generativist · x · 2026-10-25
A viral quip from @log4j: "2027 will be an incredible year for you if you're technically gifted, neurologically forked and have access to exogenous focus enhancers. For everyone else, idk, just be there for them. (nothing changes for the Amish)." Self-deprecating AGI-adjacent humor about the coming split between technical elites and everyone else.
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