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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by lenerdenator on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:32PM (#48258692)
> while Western Democracies are afraid of the future, and of their own shadow.

Well, yeah. This is a technology that has the potential to make large chunks of the population unemployed.

Chunks of the population that took on debts prior to late 2022 with the understanding that there would be a way to pay those debts back with their labor.

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Re:DeepSeek to Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model by blowscum on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:59PM (#48258979)
> Chunks of the population that took on debts prior to late 2022 with the understanding that there would be a way to pay those debts back with their labor.

I’m calling it now, the future is indentured servitude.

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