I stopped drinking the AI Kool-Aid
Posted 20-Sep-2026 in Personal tagged AI I stopped drinking the AI Kool-Aid As a child, you drink Kool-Aid. Maybe you switch to sugary sodas your parents never let you drink. Realizing it's just sugar water, you switch to a healthier option.
- ▪Posted 20-Sep-2026 in Personal tagged AI I stopped drinking the AI Kool-Aid As a child, you drink Kool-Aid.
- ▪Maybe you switch to sugary sodas your parents never let you drink.
- ▪Realizing it's just sugar water, you switch to a healthier option.
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| Original publisher | Joshtronic |
| Canonical URL | https://joshtronic.com/2026/09/20/i-stopped-drinking-the-ai-kool-aid/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:17:26 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-20T21:28:47.439Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-20T21:28:47.439Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Posted 20-Sep-2026 in Personal tagged AI I stopped drinking the AI Kool-Aid As a child, you drink Kool-Aid. Then somewhere along the way, you stop. Maybe you switch to sugary sodas your parents never let you drink. Realizing it's just sugar water, you switch to a healthier option. For me, it took a little longer to grow up. I had the Kool-Aid jug and matching cups, and even the cycling hat which I wore until the flip up brim fell off. These things brought me happiness, but I always had this unrealistic vision of saving up enough points to get a car, or whatever the actual top-tier reward was back then. My consumption of IRL Kool-Aid dwindled a bit, but it never went to zero. Having a child of my own meant more delusions of grandeur where she'd continue the legacy of saving up points.
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