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Hacker News carried a thread on why your local LLM feels dumber than it is next to the new MCP roadmap

r/chatgpt reported that "seems like AI slop" has been clicked over a million times on LinkedIn, alongside a thread calling ChatGPT's recent quality drop "straight-up consumer fraud." r/GenZ mixed a rant about AI thumbnails with a thread asking whether Gen Z chose staying home or just found it the easiest option, while r/WorkReform pushed a moratorium on AI data centers next to grievance about who profits from AI.

r/NoStupidQuestions asked how people spend tens of thousands of dollars a month on AI tokens, and r/OutOfTheLoop asked what's up with Hollywood actresses becoming skinny while r/decadeology wondered whether 2010s body positivity could make a comeback.

The market layer held its standing boards, Elon's tweet count, Red Rocks 2027 bookings and MrBeast view-count contracts.

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