The article is a bit shallow, but since we're on the topic, I wanted to share a shower thought after seeing one of the videos of Punch.

Could a future society use videos like this one as a "lie detector" for sociopathic or psycopathic tendencies in people? I had very strong empathetic feelings when watching the video and I'm curious if the chemicals and neural pathways for such a feeling can be measured and detected reliably.

that will crash the stock market

I prefer mind vibe-rator.

But the meaning has been scaled massively. So the human still kinda needs to handle the scale.

it was true for about 3 years give or take

I maintain the peak of the internet was Numa Numa. After that its been a ever gaining speed decline of the internet.

Ha, I think a user since 2007’s earned the right to do that once in a while.

The commenter you're responding to a) independently made the exact same reference; b) has a username like that of Jared Leto's other Disney tentpole flop role...

Well spotted, I guess they're pushing for HN's redditification then.

Slight correction, to pretend to make money.

Satya yelled "it's morgin' time" and then morged all over the place.

If you've got the tiന്ന, we've got the morge.

"Babe, wake up. New verb for slop just dropped."

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Quiet! MSFT's damage control team does not want us to embiggen the incident.

What are they going to do? continvoucly morge my tirm?

I hate this because IMO this is rewarding behavior that I personally find toxic. How many young (or otherwise impressionable) people will now start trying to replicate this guy's "success". And how many will justify this news to push their own agendas even harder. And that is why this is a "good" move by OpenAI. They're in hot water, running out of money and steam, and there hasn't been a viral successful business yet, so they acquihire the next best thing. This is Sam following in the footsteps of Elon, capitalizing on meme culture. There is nothing of substance here, it is all signalling, and in 2026 that is all that matters. This is influencer culture in overdrive. If you make a loud enough noise, you get acquired.