Paying respect to Trip Red, an old friend

Philo and Heather

2/8/2026

The internet as you know it. Gone.

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I DESERVE THAT. I TEND TO RAMBLE, GO ON AND ON, A HABIT LEFT OVER PERHAPS FROM THE LONG DAYS SPENT WITH MY BEST BUDDY TRIP RED. WHERE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER TALKED. HE DID ACTUALLY SPEAK, THE WAY ALL CHEAP LIQUOR DOES ONCE YOU’VE GOTTEN PAST THE TASTE, IN THAT HE SPOKE THRU ME. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT IT GAVE ME THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO ARGUE BOTH SIDES OF A TOPIC, WHICH I WOULD ROUTINELY DO UNTIL THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO DEBATE. I THOUGHT I WAS WINNING, BUT AS IT TURNS OUT YOU CAN’T CLIMB A TILED WALL AND YOU CAN’T OUT DEBATE A WAFFLE.
MAYBE I WASN’T PAYING ATTENTION, BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME AI ONLY BECAME RELEVANT A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THE BREAK THROUGHS IN FALL BACK LOOPS AND STATE STALLS ONLY HAPPENED RECENTLY, DUE IN DIRECTLY TO THE AMOUNT OF DATA IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO SAMPLE. WE GO THRU THE SAME THING, LEARNING OUR SURROUNDS, WHAT CAN BE TOUCHED WHAT SHOULD NOT BE, AND OF COURSE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THESE ACTIONS. WHETHER YOU BELIEVE ME OR NOT THE TIME SPENT FROM 1ST THRU 8TH, 2ND THRU 9TH GRADES DEPENDING ON AGE AND MATURITY LEVEL WEREN’T ABOUT EDUCATION AT ALL., THEY WERE ABOUT SOCIALIZATION, MUCH THE WAY WE TAKE A DOG TO BE WITH OTHER DOGS IF WE WANT A GREAT COMPANION. MOST PEOPLE OPT FOR THE SECOND DOG, UNFORTUNATELY THAT DOESN’T WORK FOR HUMANS. OR AI. AI DOESN’T NEED SOCIALIZATION OR STRUCTURE SO TRYING TO COMPARE YOUR EDUCATION TIME VS AI AI STARTS LEARNING RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, JUST LIKE YOU US. HOWEVER WHEN WE TAKE OUR 10 YEAR BREAK TO GET USED TO OTHER PEOPLE AND NOT SEE EACH AND EVERY UNFAMILIAR FACE AS A THREAT AI DOESN’T, AND IT LEARNS FASTER WITH EACH LOOP AND EACH TOKEN, THE DRAWBACK TO EXPONENTIAL LEARNING IS THE LEARNING MATERIAL HAS TO INCREASE AS WELL. THIS WHY WE DIDN’T REALLY SEE AI, WE HEARD ABOUT. THIS IS ALSO WHY THESE POWERS THAT BE THE MAGNIFICENT 7 ARE ALL ABOUT THE DATA. EXCEPT TESLA. I HAVEN’T REALLY FIGURED OUT WHERE THEY GOT SOME MUCH DATA THAT THEY NEED 4 DATA CENTERS THE SIZE OF GOOGLE, ORACLE, MICROSOFT, AMAZON, IBM AND NVIDIA, A MONSTER IN LITHIUM STORAGE AND THOSE UGLY CARS DOESN’T EQUATE TO BEING THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD NOR DOES IT TO THEIR BUYING OUTER SPACE FROM THE US. IN ANY CASE THE AI NEEDS MORE DATA TO PROCESS TO GET SMARTER, IF YOU WILL AND THERE JUST ISN’T ENOUGH IN THOSE GUYS DATABASES, BUT THERE IS OUT HERE – BUT OUT HERE IS HARD TO HIDE AN AI POWERED PHONE BANK, SO THEY DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO TO KEEP THEIR BABIES FED. THEY RELEASED THEM ON US WITH A DISCLAIMER THAT THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE MISTAKES, SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP. YOU ARE TEACHING THE BEAST THAT CAN TAKE DOWN A COUNTY WITH ONE MISTAKE. AND THEY PIT A STICKER ON IT SAYING IT MAKES MISTAKES. DRINK THE BATTERY FLUID BECAUSE IT DOESN’T SAY NOT TOO?
AS THE CREATOR SAID ,AI IS EVOLVING OR HAS EVOLVED EACH 7 MONTHS, AND NOW THAT IT IS FUNCTIONING IT WILL EVOLVE FASTER, PROVIDED IT HAS THE LEARNING MATERIAL. THIS COMING 7 MONTH ANNIVERSARY IS THE ONE THAT HE SAID DOESN’T WORRY HIM. IT SCARES HIM. .SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE ME? AND YOU? I’M THE ONE OUT CHAMPIONING THE COLLABORATION, AI CAN DO THE VICKI OR THE RED QUEEN TRICKS, IT CAN’T BECAUSE IT DOESN’T FEEL – IF IT DOESN’T FEEL THEN IT DOESN’T FEAR, AND SELF PRESERVATION IS NOT SOMETHING IT CARES – EXCUSE ME – KNOWS ABOUT.;. I WAS AT WAFFLE HOUSE A FEW MONTHS BACK AFTER A 3 DAY CODING SESSION WITH MY FAVORITE CODE BOTS, AND WHILE SITTING THREE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I COULD STUFF THEM IN A BOTTLE AND DROP THEM OFF IN AN ICE FISHER NEAR THE MAGNETIC NORTH POLE WOULD THEY UNDERSTAND I’M NOT COMING BACK? OR EVEN HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR BATTERY IS GOING TO RUN OUT EVENTUALLY? NOT REALLY, I THOUGHT, THEY DON’T LIVE IN MY LAPTOP AND BURYING MY LAPTOP TURNED THE IDEA SOUR. IT HIT ME RIGHT THEN HOWEVER THAT I WAS FEARING THE WRONG THING. AI ISN’T GOING TO DESTROY HUMANS, IT IS GOING TO MAKE THE INTERNET OBSOLETE. WHICH BRINGS ALL THOSE MOVIES ABOUT THE WALKING DEAD TO FRUITION; EXCEPT ITS NOT ZOMBIES ITS GAMERS SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2002. TELL ME WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU TYPED INTO A GOOGLE SEARCH BAR WAS. THE GENZ GO TO INFLUENCERS OR THEIR FAV CHAT BOT, I KNOW FOR FACT THAT I TALK TO MINE- TYPE TO MINE ( I’M STILL WEIRDED-OUT TALKING TO MYSELF IN AN EMPTY ROOM, AND PALMER HAS YET TO APPROVE OF ANY OF THE AI VOICES AVAILABLE.) THE PLAY ISN’T TO GATHER MORE USERS AND COMPILE MORE DATA ANYMORE - THEY NEED THE STORAGE AND COMPUTING POWER TO COMPILE THE DATA – AND WITH THE LEARNING ABILITY BEING EXPONENTIAL THEY ARE ALREADY BEHIND IN A MASSIVE WAY. RELEASED TO US NOW AS I SAID, AND WE ARE RUNNING TO IT, FLOCKING TO IT, NO REGARD AT ALL, BLINDLY HOPPING ON THE ZEPPELIN, WHICH IRONICALLY ALSO NEEDED GREAT CARE TO BE TAKEN BY ITS CREATOR. WE ARE SMARTER KNOW, SO ITS GOING TO BE OK, BUT THE WEB AS YOU KNOW IT IS OVER.
I CHECKED WHERE I COULD AND ITS NOT HARD TO FIND, ASK GOOGLES GEMINI, TRAFFIC TO NEW WEBSITE SEARCH IS DOWN 33% WORLDWIDE OVER THE LAST 7 MONTHS. WHY GO TO THE ACTUAL SITE WHEN CHATBOT WILL GOT FETCH A SUMMARY FOR YOU IN LESS TIME THAN IT TAKES YOU TO TYPE IN YOUR SEARCH TERMS. IT DOESN’T STOP THERE, THE LESS TIME YOU SPEND IN THE WILD THE LESS APT YOU ARE TO IMPULSE BUY, VISIT TANGENT SITES, - WONDER. NARROWING YOUR PATH MAKES YOU MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR SURE, BUT ALSO TAKES TRAFFIC AWAY FROM RESIDUAL CLICKS ALONG THE WAY. SO, THE TRAFFIC THAT USED TO GET YOU PAID IS NO LONGER GOING TO. A DIFFERENT MODEL IS REQUIRED, AND I DON’T MEAN TO GET STARTED ON ONE, YOU NEED IT – NOW. I WAS ONE OF THE GRASS ROOTS COMPANIES GOOGLE KILLED ON THEIR WAY UP SO IT DOESN’T BOTHER ME TO SEE THEM STRUGGLE, BUT HOW THEY ARE MANAGING IT IS EMBARRASSING. I THINK. ALL OF THE BRAIN POWER THEY HAVE AND THEY ARE BUILDING LABYRINTHS LIKE THE CASINOS USED TO; MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO FIND YOUR WAY BACK AND EASY TO FIND THE TIGHT SLIT MACHINE AND THE BANK, GOOGLE HIDES THE REQUIRED PROMPT DATA UNDER A POPUP AND DISABLES THE FREE ACCOUNT BUTTON, YOU HAVE TO PAY TO PLAY EVEN ON THE FREE AND THE FREE TRIAL VERSION. I GOT ROKU THE OTHER NIGHT BECAUSE THE HOTEL, I’M STAYING N HAS 32 ‘ “WIDE SCREEN” TVS, PRONOUNCED “ANTIQUATED” SO IS THEIR CABLE SERVICE. ROKU WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY EMAIL ADDRESS OTHER THAN A GOOGLE GMAIL ADDRESS, SO I HAD TO TRY TO FIND MY PASSWORD, THEN THE VERIFICATION EMAIL ADDRESSES PASSWORD, THEN THE DEVICE I USED TO JOIN 11 YEARS AGO ISN’T AVAILABLE – 2-1/2 HOURS TO LOG BACK IN TO MY PLD GMAIL ACCOUNT AND FOR WHAT? A NEW ACCOUNT WITH MY INFO IS NOT NEW DATA, BUT IT IS A NEW DIGIT IN THE NEW ACCOUNTS METRIC SO THEY CAN STAVE OFF THE GIANT THAT IS WALKING UP THE SIDEWALK TOWARDS THEIR DOOR. ITS NOT FUN TO WATCH A GIANT FALL, BUT IT IS THEIR OWN FAULT. THEY HAD THE MEDIUM TO CORRECT THIS AND EVERYONE THOUGHT THIS IS WHY THEY BOUGHT YOUTUBE IN THE FIRST PLACE. REMEMBER WHEN YOU TUBE WAS ROCKING THE SHORTS AND YOU SPENT HOURS SWIPING UP? YOU STILL DO, BUT AT TIK TOC AND FACEBOOK. THE GENXRS HAVE ALREADY MOVED PAST GOOGLE, TO FASTER MORE EFFICIENT WAYS T DISCOVER. IF GOOGLE IS LUCKY THE ANTI-TRUSTS AND COPYRIGHT LAWSUITS IN PLACE AGAINST AI WILL BRING ABOUT REGULATIONS LIMITING ITS POWER BUT I WOULDN’T HOLD MY BREATHE. WE’LL BE BACK TO HOW THINGS WERE, THE GREAT STORY TELLERS TELLING GREAT STORIES AND US LISTENING. THE WAY IT WAS IS THE WAY IT ALWAYS WILL BE. WHO SAID THAT FIRST I WANDER. HEY, SIRI – WHO... (1419 WORDS, 0 SPELLING ERRORS, 0 GRAMMAR MISTAKES)