The only two viewpoints on generative AI that get any play among tech punditry are:

1. AI is a lever that helps people do better
2. AI is effective automation that will replace people, or be a threat to them.

The third viewpoint, that AI tools are kind of shit and, if used in their current form at scale by corporations and governments, will “enshittify” large portions of our society, doesn’t seem to register with them at all.

ChatGPT and the Enshittening of Knowledge

Daragh O Brien poses some thoughts on ChatGPT, AI Text Generation, and the Enshittening of Knowledge and what we can learn from Plato.

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