Techdirt is dead. As of yesterday, it's become an AI slop evangelism machine.
BTW, Derek Powazek, the subject of an example incorrectly and inappropriately used to promote the slop, replied in the article comments: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/#comment-5206956
Adults lose skills to AI; Children never build them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them
@redsad you can't park your house there mate
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