(belated) April WIP: the end user has been patched out
Added 2025-08-22 14:47:49 +0000 UTC3 1/2 minutes from... something? I had some thoughts on AI and modern tech grifts, not sure what the overall shape is, but I realized I had enough for a solid intro, may have stumbled onto a thesis in the process.
recorded on my phone and lightly edited. anything may change before publication.
Comments
well said. in my line of work I'm lucky enough that we are still focused on bespoke outcomes. actually engaging with raw material to make products and crafting messages. primarily the friction we have is with a lack of direction instead of a drive towards endless efficiency. business idiots keep saying AI is the next thing. time and time again we're met with unique and familiar challenges. one that always crops up is actually too many prompts from too many stakeholders. similarly time marches towards the finish line to the beat of crushing silence as cowards refuse to commit to an idea. the AI doesn't tell the stakeholders they're the bottleneck. the AI doesn't commit the sin of acknowledging reality to those determined to be detached from it.
Trevor Davison
2025-08-23 12:58:16 +0000 UTCWoah. This is a good one Ian. gonna think more about this
Trevor Davison
2025-08-23 12:46:26 +0000 UTCI recently read a paper which found that in programming, while developers and their bosses (and especially speculators) assume radically improved performance from the use of AI, ot consistently results in developers performing more poorly, completing tasks more slowly, and wasting time trying to get the thing to work rather than just... writing code. From a personal perspective I have seen the same from my colleagues, using chatGPT to complete tasks which frankly do not need, nor benefit from what it is supposedly designed for. Because the truth is, what it is actually designed for, is extremely pointless. We write things because we have things we want to say. We wish for concise, concrete answers, and want to convey those to others. Instead the actual benefits they get are not chatgpt itself, but rather, systems of automation that already exist. For example, text identification software. Drag an drop the image into the chat bot and it will find the text! ... Something your phone can do with a single button press, and that your computer can do, and several other websites. Format this text into a document! ... something you've been able to do when you click "new document" upon opening word, and that you can do with ctrl/cmd+C and ctrl/cmd+V In fact, the honest truth is, it seems like what people really, actually want and need, is a terminal emulator that accepts human language rather than console commands so that they can rapidly automate tasks.
Alice Alysia
2025-08-23 04:26:28 +0000 UTCThis is a fascinating take that I will not be able to stop thinking about. This feels like the intro to a Folding Ideas megavideo, all of which I love dearly. I could totally see this being a thesis, and would eagerly read, watch, listen to it should it ever become one
Nathan B. Wise
2025-08-22 15:11:21 +0000 UTC
