2026-07-23 15:46 UTC
The recent trends in AI and anti-AI sentiment remind me of Battlestar Galactica.
Due to the advanced capabilities of the Cylons (AI), the Galactica's response was to go full retro tech.
Cylons can't infiltrate air-gapped ships and air-gapped computers.
Sure, their ship was "legacy" by the time the conflict started but the "legacy" aspect is what saved everyone.
Makes me wonder what the future of tech has in store for us, and how many might go full retro tech in response.
#ThrowbackThursday
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@BastilleBSD@fosstodon.org 2026-07-23 17:02
Follow up argument for retro tech : I can’t do my laundry because the API server is down
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@prozacchiwawa@functional.cafe 2026-07-23 16:51
@BastilleBSD@fosstodon.org it'd be amazingly ironic if the reason we went a bit retro (lower speeds, smaller files, more sneakernetting) was because AI caused ram, storage and cloud compute to become as expensive as they were in the late 90s. literally AI saving us from itself by consuming all the technology its control of us would depend on.