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A Mastodon user shared a bleak reaction to developments around ChatGPT and AI, writing "Ahhh, we're fucked, aren't we?" alongside the hashtag ButlerianJihad — a reference to the fictional holy war against thinking machines in Frank Herbert's Dune. The post, echoed by others with a #Democracy tag, reflects a growing current of fatalism about AI's impact on society and democratic politics.