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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by normalaccess on Thursday February 05, 2026 @04:36PM (#46905712)
Just wait until the AI "layer" gets fast enough to rewrite the web in real time. Text, Photos, Videos, even real time phone calls will soon be in the grasp of the corporations. Forever locking us into our own personal prisons, controlled silos of information perfectly crafted and tailored to extract the maximum value where truth is not just hard to know but is imposable to know.
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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by gffrd on Thursday February 05, 2026 @04:49PM (#46905867)
It’s a shame we don’t have physical bodies and a means to share the human experience with other humans without intermediaries.
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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday February 05, 2026 @05:42PM (#46906454)
What's your plan, be present at all major events?
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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by gffrd on Thursday February 05, 2026 @10:01PM (#46908517)
Well, I am God, so yes.

My original comment was just a counterpoint to the doom in parent: not all is lost, and in fact, quite a lot is not.

The situation of “things we care about are far away and require intermediaries to connect with” and “our ability to trust intermediaries is gone” are both human creations, and totally addressable.

Edits: more words, and wording

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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by normalaccess on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @05:13PM (#46967714)
Until the next round of lockdowns where we will all be forced to use controlled channels to communicate due to lack of mobility.
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Re:CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The Wo... by direwolf20 on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:19AM (#46912476)
Already happened, my friend
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