Wonder if the apparent AI bloom is not a change in the number of idiots, so much as it reflects the ease at which contemporary idiocy can be realized and amplified and propagated in so many public ways. That is, in the old days, a lot of intemperance and bad ideas were too inconvenient, impractical or expensive to realize. There was scant time and money for more than idiot basics. Now there’s a wealth of idiot choices. Idiot thick crust. Idiot artisinal organic cut with extra room in the seat. Idiot polls indicating belief in an idiot population spike. Unless I miss my guess, this idiot stuff is strictly steady state.