What happens when Generative AI disappears into the woodwork?

As part of my PhD studies, I read and write a lot of stuff that doesn't really fit into my research, but which I find interesting anyway. I'm categorising these "spare parts" on my blog, and if you're interested in following them you'll find them all here. At the moment we’re still in the thick of the Generative AI hype, with social media posts and articles telling us things like “you’re using ChatGPT wrong” and “here’s how you can maximise your profits and automate your […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/10/11/what-happens-when-generative-ai-disappears-into-the-woodwork/

"One of the features of “AI” is the diffusion of responsibility…
I don’t want to focus on #Steinberger [#Moltbot #OpenClaw] too much. He’s a random #techbro who wants to impress…Fine. But this is a pattern that the whole “#AIacceptance" movement is establishing that preys on our experience of being able to rely on #opensource projects who take their product, their work & their users’ #safety seriously and invalidates decades of hard work establishing that kind of #trust."
https://tante.cc/2026/02/14/diffusion-of-responsibility/
Diffusion of Responsibility

One of the features of “AI” is the diffusion of responsibility: “AI” systems are being put in all kinds of processes and when they fuck up (and they always fuck up) it was just the “AI”, or “someone should have checked things”. “AI” companies want to sell machines to solve every issue but give no […]

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