I've been hesitant to predict the end of the "AI" financial bubble because I'm not convinced that a bubble pop will even slow down the push for "AI" The US gov's "AI" efforts provide cover for dismantling education and science and funnel all that money to cronies and oligarchs "AI" is a convenient story that lets them, effectively, turn education and science into a money hose for oligarchs while at the same time destroying the infrastructure of inconvenience that are schools and universities.

“Code is a liability (not an asset)”

Pluralistic: Code is a liability (not an asset) (06 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Maybe if Cory says it people will listen > Meanwhile, "software engineering" is a discipline that subsumes "writing code," but with a focus on the long-term operations of the system the code is part of Writing code forces you to pay some attention to the practice of software engineering. Delegating that to a statistical model lets your software engineering skills degrade until they have the substance and integrity of a wet fart

I wonder why the river is called "Varmá" (literally "Warm River" in Icelandic)? 😝 #photos #iceland #winter

This raven pair gave off strong "Statler and Waldorf commenting on passing hikers" vibes. #photos #iceland #bird #birds #raven

This looks like it could be a lot of silly fun.

“Your metrics are an avoidance strategy”

The Product Picnic

Your metrics are an avoidance strategy

Being able to quantify outcomes doesn't make them meaningful. Moving past artificial metrics requires building shared intention with colleagues.

> the important part of your pitch is where it’s located on the latest hype train, rather than what it actually does. Any problem solving is delegated to the customer under the guise of “customization.”

I've completely lost interest in debating generative models or how big tech has almost completely transitioned into an authoritarian political project. These days what I try to do is just mentally flip the bozo bit on anybody still defending this shit and then do my best to move on. (Bozo bit, in case you didn't know

Bozo bit - Wikipedia

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