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#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-11 02:23 PM
If you think AI is just about automated office tasks then you haven't been paying attention.
Today's "AI" is, mostly automation.
AI's reach extends far beyond basic "office tasks" because it handles complex workflows, accelerates physical and digital problem-solving, and increases the overall speed of tasks with less human error.
Instead of just drafting emails or sorting data, advanced systems will coordinate projects, analyze deep patterns, and drive major operational shifts. There is even an AI running its own business in SF now.
"Luna / Andon Market: An autonomous AI agent given a budget and lease to run a real storefront in San Francisco."
That sounds like a really lovely marketing material template of almost any "AI" prospectus.
www.businessinsider.com - Claude Code's creator says his setup involves thousands of AI sub-agents doing 'deeper work' overnight - 2026-05-13
|------ Anthropic engineer Boris Cherny says his coding setup now involves "a few thousand" AI agents working for him overnight.
Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, described his AI workflow during an interview with Sequoia Capital on May 4.
His answers - including how he mostly runs the agents via his phone - highlighted how some Silicon Valley engineers are beginning to use AI systems less like chatbots and more like always-on autonomous assistants.
Cherny said he relies heavily on two Claude Code features built for persistent automation: /loops and Routines.
He said users can schedule /loops locally via cron, while Routines run recurring tasks on a server, allowing engineers to keep agents working after their laptops are closed. ...
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Stories like this are popping up nearly every day now.
Yes, of course. There are also "stories" nearly every day that don't make it into popular, mainstream press.
"A pair of humanoid robots crossed a major medical milestone this week after successfully performing gallbladder removals in pigs for the first time ... "
Intuitive Surgical's DaVinci robots (and their copycats) are old news and have been on the market since early 2000s; if you have seen phrase "minimally invasive surgery" it most likely refers to all kinds of robot-assisted medical procedures, from head to toes.
"In 2012, it was used in an estimated 200,000 surgeries, most commonly for hysterectomies and prostate removals."
And robotics may or may not include AI, but often confused with AI because most are usually consumer-facing, even if it's as simple as Roomba.
The Singularity is Nearer.
Yes, every day, by definition... but none of what you posted before is even remotely close to Singularity, or much beyond automation of previously "manual" tasks.
In fact, most of what was described in that 'prospectus' I could run much cheaper on a network years ago with a logic module, few scripts and not very sophisticated task scheduler, with or without ERP or "supervising" the process.
I didn't call it AI.
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And you buy that shit because you have no Imagination or ability to see anything but more Status Quo.
I recognize the reality that you idiots lose EVERY F*&^ING TIME.
The inconsistency between public support for "progressive" ideas and progressive's inability to get elected beyond the coasts has existed as long as I can remember.
What has also existed as long as I can remember is the reliable stupidity of progressives where a single round of wins turns into condescending lectures, moral preaching, budgetary free for all and an assumption that their social issues are as important to the regular voters who voted for them in that round, thus leading to a HUGE swing of the pendulum in the other direction.
This is the reality you idiots refuse to acknoweledge to the detriment of us all.
The Democratic Establishment turns on any Progressive movement.
They would Rather Republicans Win actually.
No, they wouldn't. They would rather you stop being childish morons, drop the self-righteous purity requirements and, oh I don't know, win more than one election before trying to cram your entire agenda through while you can't even agree on they/them vs xi/xe. Oh, and stop calling every slightly Progressive leaning Dem the next FDR with the next Big New Deal blah blah blah.
Y'all have terrible electoral track records and you're falling into the same patterns of failure you always do at a time when accepting a smaller win would have outsized effects on our Republic and would actually endear you to the electorate enough to maybe last longer than a single round of wins.
Anyways, the clouds have cleared here, so I'm going to go sit the dark back deck, drink a beer and marvel at the stars and Milky Way.