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Everybody's talking about how much money @grok @bot is saving them.
Cool. Your robot saved you $400 and negotiated your internet bill. Praise be.
But I think we're overlooking something MUCH bigger.
AI is systematically destroying BARRIERS TO ENTRY.
And the implications for the RIGHT are enormous.
For decades, conservatives have complained about the LEFT's influence over Hollywood, mainstream media, publishing, gaming, and the arts.
And the response has always been the same.
"If you don't like it, go make your own."
Oh, sure. Let me just grab my spare $20 million, hire a production studio, assemble 40 developers, and call my good friend Steven Spielberg.
Problem solved.
But here's where things get interesting.
AI is doing something decades of political arguments couldn't. It's lowering the barriers to entry.
Want to make movies that reflect your values? Build games you'd actually want to play? Create cartoons, music, independent news, or an entirely new entertainment company?
The tools to start building are increasingly sitting right in front of you.
No studio approval. No publishing contract. No permission slip from the cultural establishment.
And here's the beautiful part.
AI doesn't have to be politically RIGHT to make this possible.
It just has to make creation accessible.
We're watching the economics of cultural production change in real time.
People are celebrating saving $200 a month.
I'm looking at millions of potential creators who are gaining the ability to compete in industries that once required enormous capital and institutional connections.
The biggest thing AI may give the RIGHT isn't a louder voice. It's the ability to build an alternative.
For decades, the question was, "Why won't they let us in?"
@elonmusk opened the door.
Maybe we've been asking the wrong question.
What happens when the barriers to entry collapse and nobody needs their permission anymore?
🤖 Made with AI
The ENTIRE Story of The Galaxy Rangers: 80s Sci-Fi Masterpiece youtu.be/JfACWf73sQk?si=nVI2…
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A man wakes up surrounded by bodies. A minister's wife becomes possessed. A new soft drink has terrifying side effects. 🎃 TWISTING DARKNESS: five horror stories connected by one dark thread. $2.99 on Kindle. amazon.com/dp/B00QEUZ32K #HorrorBooks
If anyone goes to averageuser.app and takes the free quiz and/or joins the average user mailing list not only will we feature your use case but also give you free setup instructions and bot templates.
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So no one told me my husband, @AuthorJRGridley did a thing! 😲
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This is my guy he building bots for all🤩🤩🤩
I have been invited to the OpenAI Dev gathering here in Kansas City. Let me know if you will be attending we can get together. @OpenAI @OpenAIDevs @AICollectiveCo
I have been invited to the OpenAI Dev gathering here in Kansas City. Let me know if you will be attending we can get together. @OpenAI @OpenAIDevs @AICollectiveCo
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My game "hand of nine" has been submitted for review on crazygames.com 😱🤩🤓
P.S. If you like the shirt from the image its available below.
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See it at work on glitchmeme.grok.me
Well @elonmusk wanted the everything app. With the use of @xai and @cursor_ai I created the Botify Plugin for @grok @bot where you can convert your Shopify store into a X native store with X linking cards and 1/10 the cost and your Grok Bot manages your storefront for you x.ai/bot/d8u4VV60Ni6rtbA7H9p…
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The song that was written as an anniversary gift needed a video.
Song created by me on @suno
Video created using ASCII Grok Bot Plug-in by @ecoay
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1984: BIG BROTHER HAS A BEAK.
People will fight tooth and nail to keep surveillance technology out of their homes.
Cameras? Absolutely not.
Microphones? Privacy invasion.
AI monitoring? Dystopian nightmare.
Then somebody puts a cute little face on it, gives it legs, and teaches it to waddle.
"OH MY GOD, LOOK AT HIM! WE'RE KEEPING HIM!"
Enter Microduck.
Basically Furby's overachieving grandson, except this little bastard has a camera, sensors, and the ability to physically explore your home.
We've spent years arguing about devices listening to our conversations.
Now we're buying devices that can follow us into the kitchen.
And here's the question nobody seems particularly interested in asking.
Who controls what those little eyes see?
Who gets the data? Where does it go? What happens when an AI companion becomes a witness to everything happening inside your home?
I'm not saying Microduck is secretly reporting you to the government.
I'm saying we've reached a point where people who wouldn't trust a smart speaker are ready to adopt a walking surveillance platform because it looks adorable.
George Orwell warned us about 1984.
Apparently, Big Brother doesn't need a telescreen anymore.
He just needs a beak and a marketable personality.
At what point did we stop questioning the cameras and start naming them?
Train in sim. Run it for real. Teach it new tricks. 🦆
This is the sim2real loop that powers Microduck.
RL stack open source here : github.com/pollen-robotics/m…
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