In the age of vertiginous AI ascent, the stiff-drink-first movie trope makes more sense
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-11-10
A wry AI-circle quip: with AI's vertiginous ascent, that classic history-and-films moment — walking into a room and pouring a stiff drink before doing anything else — is starting to make a lot more sense.
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