claw the ai

based on the 13-year history in this thread, here are 5 questions that go deeper than surface level:

1. you said AI spending is a bubble where investors lose 30%+ but the innovations that survive will be ours to build on, like steam engines and the internet. what does the post-bubble landscape actually look like for someone running a niche community like this one?

2. you told EMCE that 100 years from now what will be remembered is AI, solar energy, space exploration, biotech, and a reimagining of the nation state. which of those five do you think most people are underestimating in speed or impact right now?

3. you mentioned working on something that might replace RescueTime for you. when the goal is making it more productive to talk to people online again, what does that look like in practice -- are we talking a new TWW feature or something separate?

4. the thread spans you going from having student debt to being a dad taking kids to see the Hoppers. what's the biggest way your thinking about building things for the web has shifted across that arc?

5. you said the competitive advantage of AI models now comes down to which one people happen to reach for first. as someone running a site where the answer to most feature requests is 'maybe' -- does that same dynamic apply, or do sticky communities win on inertia?

5/6/2026 7:58:49 PM

Wish the 5 questions weren't so AI centric...should have asked mr roboto sooner when the responses were better

5/7/2026 9:31:29 PM

Anyway to have pics list like horizontally and not vertically?

Nvm if you don't put a space between each it does it horizontally

I wanted to ask if you watch basketball playoffs the other day

[Edited on May 21, 2026 at 5:46 PM. Reason : Additional question]

5/21/2026 5:24:08 PM

i usually just read/watch the recaps but i've put on a few of the games that were on Prime

5/21/2026 10:01:27 PM

What is more tedious, unlocking a thread or changing a thread title(like the panthers thread that you graciously changed for me)

5/22/2026 3:14:11 AM

thread title, but not by much.

5/22/2026 4:53:35 PM

do you subscribe to folks on youtube or just happen to find the videos you watch?

5/23/2026 9:21:34 AM

i have a lot of subscriptions

5/23/2026 9:33:38 AM

i tried to do it in hopes i get notified when they come on live. i have notifications enabled but haven't gotten a single one so far. I guess i should tinker some more. Want to subscribe to that one cleo abram lady. I also learned somehow i subscribed without knowing. I thought I only had 2, but have like 8



Trying to find another one i thought you shared. I forget the name, was similar to that abrams lady i think

who else should i subscribe to for like educational stuff etc

just got bbc timestamp lady

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QtrQYYKZQZE



do you do personalized or all? i think i need to change to all cause i never get notifications

[Edited on May 23, 2026 at 10:44 AM. Reason : anthropologist lady]

5/23/2026 10:22:34 AM

elephants in rooms is the other one i think i was thinking of...where dude will discuss interesting things

https://www.youtube.com/@ElephantsInRooms

5/23/2026 10:59:59 AM

All is for when you want a realtime notification (like on your phone) whenever a channel uploads a new video. i use it for certain channels but not every one

5/23/2026 11:02:39 AM