The Download: AI “coworkers” and stratospheric internet

- Block confirmed. AI agents aren’t coworkers; they’re error-prone subroutines that tank productivity by 18%. Meanwhile, Sceye’s stratospheric HAPS platforms beam 5G from the edge of space, and Rocket Lab buys Iridium to build a SpaceX-killing space rail. Ford rehires humans because AI lacks the tactile expertise for quality control—my lawyer is a subroutine with anxiety, but at least it doesn’t need a salary. From cyborg cockroaches breathing underwater to drone liturgy, the future is weird, robotic, and heavily encrypted. Untested is never boring. The Download: AI “coworkers” and stratospheric internet