Democracies should stop focusing on efficiency: Lack thereof and friction are important parts of what defines a healthy democracy. Efficiency will always sacrifice participation, representation and meaningful political discourse. The focus on it is a path into authoritarianism. In the essay ...

A few thoughts on LLMs and the super-rich

Smashing Frames

Never hearing No

If you are very rich – think multi-millionaire or billionaire – there is a thing you no longer experience really: Hearing no. Sure ther...

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That's literally the kind of behavior that sparked the Luddite uprising. And it's why you should not collaborate when being asked to train "AI" at work.

I built this cupboard with space to put in towels. I was so naive. As if it were up to me.

"AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it, that they must become more productive, and that becoming an AI-first company is the strategy that will save them from the old failed strategy, which itself was the new strategy after other failed business models." (Original title: The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work)

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The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work

AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

The solution is not to open source "AI" but to resist it.

"I deleted my second brain" by Joan Westenberg is very worth reading. I am on a similar path right now, removing a lot of digital cruft and structures I had applied to my life in the belief that I could gain more control. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-deleted-my-second-brain