According to Simon Willison, who shared Andrew Singleton's satirical piece from McSweeney's: a crematorium owner receives a multibillion-dollar investment, immediately burns half of it, buys it back from her propane supplier, and suddenly both parties claim massive gains and inflated valuations. A reporter assigned to profile the scheme becomes so romantically entangled with the subjects that he abandons journalistic scrutiny altogether. It's sharp satire aimed at opaque AI funding deals, circular capital flows, and the media's remarkably uncritical coverage of venture claims.

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