The AI Arms Race Is a Scam

Google, OpenAI, Anthropic​— all playing chicken with each other. Push out the next model, brag about “intelligence levels,” rake in billions. Meanwhile, they burn obscene amounts of electricity to generate LinkedIn posts nobody reads.

And you’re supposed to cheer. “Look! AI can summarize my meetings!” Yeah, amazing — we destroyed half a forest so you don’t have to take notes.

The arms race isn’t about helping people. It’s about market capture. Whoever convinces you to build your entire workflow on their AI wins. Once you’re locked in, good luck escaping. Same old playbook as cloud, social media, SaaS. Just rebranded as “intelligence.”

AI progress is real, but the hype is pure scam energy.