Officially jumped the shark?

They have officially jumped the shark.

This whole housing question boils down to leveraged (and tax advantageous) savings and ownership of something that appreciates in value. For individuals that do not have enough capital or income to purchase an entire property, there needs to be 1) the ability to participate as a fractional owner in properties with commensurate tax benefits or 2) the ability to invest in some other leveraged, appreciating asset (or fraction thereof) that has similar high demand and societal benefit as housing--e.g. franchises based on entertainment, health and wellbeing, public utilities, etc.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned here yet, and I don't want to be pedantic, but for centuries famous artists, musicians, writers, etc. have used assistants to do their work for them. The list includes (but in no way is this complete): DaVinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Rubens, Raphael, Warhol, Koons, O'Keefe, Hepworth, Hockney, Stephen King, Clancy, Dumas, Patterson, Elvis, Elton John, etc. etc. Further, most scientific, engineering and artistic innovations are made "on the shoulders of giants." As the saying goes: there is nothing new under the sun. Nothing. I suggest that the use of an LLM for writing is just another tool of human creativity to be used freely and often to produce even more interesting and valuable content.

Blinded me with science

This is focused on California politics. But even so, energy, utilities, real estate, entertainment, agriculture, and healthcare have a lot of influence on California politics. Tech is most likely not the biggest if you look at lobbying data.

I have masters degree in teaching. I think that the most equitable form of education and grading is in mastery with pass/fail: this is where students must learn a topic or concept to pass a quiz before moving on to the next topic. This is complicated, and impractical for large classes--there are too many students to try to help move along and finish the required material. So that's why it isn't often used--because administrators pack 30+ kids into a classroom. But if there were 15-20 kids, it's hard to beat mastery education. Everyone gets a real shot at passing, the kids who struggle get more attention, and the education goals are met. If you are interested, look up "Winnetka System" for an explanation and example.

I would think a small subscription fee for a service that automatically monitored (locally) a LLM account (for prompt injections) and provided a filtering pipeline for any inputs to a LLM account would be a software opportunity to investigate.