Good Article on Colorado and the Economic Realties of the New Age of CFB

AI is useful for things but it’s extremely overvalued. Tech is sinking so much money into it and are losing about every dollar as it’s difficult to monetize. Tech in general has no new ideas and went all in on AI being the next big thing. It’s why the government is starting to partially nationalize companies because if the bubble bursts it’ll wipe out everything.

This isn’t even the .com bubble, it’s like the beanie baby bubble. Everyone is deluded into thinking it’s way more valuable than it is.
 


Fryowa said:
Download the Gemini app on your phone and just start asking it random stuff. Especially if you need to figure something out that you’re wondering about. Great gateway to get started.

You were an educator, check this out. I told ChatGPT I need a 15 question quiz on the first 5 chapters of Moby Dick, 10 multiple choice, 5 true false, with answer key. It took 4.7 seconds (real time) to give me this. And then it asked me if I wanted it in a printable format or wanted blanks for student answers…

Sure! Here's a 15-question quiz on the first five chapters of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. It includes:

  • 10 multiple choice questions
  • 5 true/false questions
  • An answer key at the end

Moby-Dick Quiz: Chapters 1–5​

Multiple Choice (Choose the best answer)​

  1. What is the famous first line of Moby-Dick?
    A) “It was the best of times...”
    B) “Call me Ishmael.”
    C) “Once upon a time...”
    D) “All hands on deck!”
  2. Why does Ishmael go to sea?
    A) To search for treasure
    B) To find his lost brother
    C) To cure his depression and avoid killing himself
    D) To join a whaling protest
  3. What type of ship does Ishmael want to sail on?
    A) A merchant ship
    B) A navy warship
    C) A whaling ship
    D) A fishing schooner
  4. What is the name of the inn where Ishmael first stays in New Bedford?
    A) The Red Lantern
    B) The Sea Serpent
    C) The Spouter-Inn
    D) The Harpooner’s Rest
  5. Who is the proprietor of the Spouter-Inn?
    A) Father Mapple
    B) Queequeg
    C) Peter Coffin
    D) Captain Peleg
  6. What unusual decoration does Ishmael notice in the Spouter-Inn?
    A) A whale skeleton
    B) A painting with a mysterious, stormy scene
    C) A giant harpoon hanging from the ceiling
    D) A portrait of Captain Ahab
  7. How does Ishmael describe the painting in the Spouter-Inn?
    A) As a peaceful seascape
    B) As utterly terrifying and confusing
    C) As a battle between sea monsters
    D) As a clear depiction of a whale hunt
  8. What does Ishmael learn about the sleeping arrangements at the inn?
    A) He gets a private room
    B) He has to sleep outside
    C) He must share a bed with a stranger
    D) He sleeps in a hammock in the common room
  9. What is Queequeg’s profession?
    A) A blacksmith
    B) A harpooner
    C) A cook
    D) A sailor in the merchant navy
  10. How does Ishmael initially feel about sharing a bed with Queequeg?
    A) He’s delighted
    B) He’s terrified and disturbed
    C) He doesn’t care at all
    D) He insists on sleeping on the floor

✅ True or False​

  1. Ishmael expresses a deep fear of the ocean in the first chapter.
  2. The Spouter-Inn is located in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
  3. Queequeg is from a fictional island in the South Pacific.
  4. Ishmael and Queequeg become quick friends after meeting.
  5. Captain Ahab is introduced in detail in the first five chapters.

Answer Key​

Multiple Choice

  1. B) “Call me Ishmael.”
  2. C) To cure his depression and avoid killing himself
  3. C) A whaling ship
  4. C) The Spouter-Inn
  5. C) Peter Coffin
  6. B) A painting with a mysterious, stormy scene
  7. B) As utterly terrifying and confusing
  8. C) He must share a bed with a stranger
  9. B) A harpooner
  10. B) He’s terrified and disturbed
True/False
11. False – He finds the sea soothing and often goes there when feeling restless.
12. True
13. True – Queequeg is from the fictional island of Rokovoko.
14. True – Despite initial fear, Ishmael comes to like and respect Queequeg quickly.
15. False – Captain Ahab is not introduced directly in the first five chapters.

Would you like this in a printable format (PDF or DOC), or need a version with student blanks for answers?
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Wow. I have had minor involvement with AI creating policies at our local library. As a long time English teacher at the high school level, this was an amazing and really fun example! Later, As a school superintendent for 15 years, I did a lot of writing. This would have been a very interesting and informative process to put in place.
 


hawkinn3 said:
AI is useful for things but it’s extremely overvalued. Tech is sinking so much money into it and are losing about every dollar as it’s difficult to monetize. Tech in general has no new ideas and went all in on AI being the next big thing. It’s why the government is starting to partially nationalize companies because if the bubble bursts it’ll wipe out everything.

This isn’t even the .com bubble, it’s like the beanie baby bubble. Everyone is deluded into thinking it’s way more valuable than it is.
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Sorry, that’s the dumbest take I’ve read on this board in ten years, and that’s saying something. Well done, actually.
 




HuckFinn said:
Wow. I have had minor involvement with AI creating policies at our local library. As a long time English teacher at the high school level, this was an amazing and really fun example! Later, As a school superintendent for 15 years, I did a lot of writing. This would have been a very interesting and informative process to put in place.
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I’d say 30% of my emails are written with CoPilot (Microsoft’s embedded AI tool) and I’m not alone in that by any means. The mundane stuff it’s just quicker to tap one button on the app and say, “Email John Doe and let him know I’m out of the office tomorrow and won’t be at the staff meeting. Tell him I’ll read the meeting notes. Also ask him if 10:30 Tuesday works to get together on XYZ project.” Literally 5 seconds and I don’t have to do anything.
 




I'm far from an expert on this topic, but there is no doubt AI is having a huge disruption on our economy. It'll be interesting to see where it goes from here and how we adjust.

Microsoft laid off something like 20,000 people this summer. It is has spent billions and billions on AI recently. So part of the deal with the layoffs was to show shareholders that all that investment is paying off with reduced human costs. My guess is AI wasn't really able to replace all those jobs (yet at least), but the company had to show something for all those billions spent earlier in the year. Companies are scrambling to show they are at the forefront on all this so they aren't being perceived as being left behind, but in reality I think there is a lot of uncertainty of what it all means for us.

It sure is incredible though. I had a job offer recently with about 15 pages of text to sign off on. Dumped it into Google's tool Claude and it highlighted all the issues to request clarification on, as well as things that violated state law as it related to non-competes with alternative wording/adjustments suggested.

I told the potential employer I had an employment lawyer look at it and based on their evaluation I'd like the following adjustments to be made. Now if I REALLY needed a lawyer I would have sought counsel, but this stuff was easy to handle with AI. My dad was a small town lawyer (as is my brother in law now), and I'd think AI could handle a ton of the questions/work clients brought to them (i.e. no need to go to a lawyer for some of this).

I also have a relative who is a radiologist at Mayo Clinic. He said he's not sure how many doctors they'll even need providing that service in the future. Again, I'm not an expert on this, but I'd think AI will drastically reduce the number of people employed in that field.

I've heard others comment that AI will be the biggest shift in our economy since the industrial revolution, that it goes far beyond a new technology. I'd think the disruption will eventually create new jobs we aren't conceptualizing just yet....but there may be some pain before we get there.
 


We're going to need every ounce of AI in the coming years. Every year from now, the ratio of old people to young people is going to keep growing. And in 30 years, we'll be where Japan and Korea are now. Where an average of 2 primary/secondary schools are closing DAILY. The population pyramid is inverting as we speak and the introduction of new workers to maintain the GDP to support the retired/aging population is small and growing smaller.

I'm going to need someone to change my diapers, grow my food, make my clothes, fix my car, manage my accounts, make my medication....etc. etc. etc. There's going to be a lot of people like me. For a long time as it will extend down to people who are now in their 40s. We'll probably live towards 90 instead of the 80 that people are today.

Absolutely AI will take jobs. Until about 1890, there were no telephone operators. Because there was no such thing as a telephone operator. Because there was no such thing as a telephone. By 1950, there were 1.5 million telephone operators and switchboard operators. But by 1960, technology reduced those numbers to a quarter million. At the time, nobody had ever heard of a 'web developer'. So when people said that electronic circuits and computers were going to kill all the operator jobs, at the time I wouldn't have been able to say "that's ok, they can work in a call center, data entry, or as a web developer, or java developer, or as a social media manager". Because the invention of those jobs was underway. There are an estimated 120,000 java developers in the US alone. But for the life of me, I can't think of the last time I dialed "0" to talk to the operator.

Think about the poor knockeruppers. In the era before alarm clocks, the guys who walked around cities with a large pole and knocked on windows of subscribers...knocking on their window to wake them up. They're long gone. Replaced by not only alarm clock makers. But alarm clock sellers. Marketers. Alarm clock company accountants. And also pilots. And flight attendants. And aircraft mechanics.

We're going to be fine.
There will absolutely be spectacular flameouts (ie...what people will call a 'bubble') just as with any new technology that still has yet to have a 'killer app'. Once someone comes up with that, 5 of them will go under. 3 others will pivot and find either a new killer app, or a new way to incorporate their tech into some other killer app or simply be part of an 'aggregate app'. That's not a bubble. That's just competition in a new industry. It's almost like people have forgotten Netscape. Or Myspace and Friendster. Or Packard (the automaker) and Studebaker.
 


Fryowa said:
The celebrity coach splash hires should be coming to an end here pretty quick. I really think it'll happen.

Deion and Billy Tar Heels are failing spectacularly after conning donors into giving them huge bags and buyouts for negative ROI. Those donors didn't get to be millionaires and billionaires by making a bunch of poor money decisions in a row and with this kind of investment there's no pencil pushing to make it not as bad on paper.

The intangible cost that most fans and media aren't considering is the wasteland left after the buyouts checks are cashed. How do you come back from that in the next hire? As we've seen at Iowa in the past 5 years, one laughing stock situation will haunt you for a long time.

Colorado and UNC went all in with pocket aces and got burned on the flop by a 6-J off suit. Donors at those schools aren't going to play that game again unless they have Pickens money, but the schools with Pickens money don't generally have to bring in the types of guys like Belichick and Sanders as a hail mary.
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Any bid donors that bought into the Deion and Belichick con jobs deserve to take a hit financially. Terrible hires and neither of those programs will see .500 for the duration of their time there. Those schools don't give two shits about winning games. They hired a circus and are simply collecting revenue while the coaches and their programs tank.
 


HuckFinn said:
Wow. I have had minor involvement with AI creating policies at our local library. As a long time English teacher at the high school level, this was an amazing and really fun example! Later, As a school superintendent for 15 years, I did a lot of writing. This would have been a very interesting and informative process to put in place.
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Damn, might not need teachers any more
 


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