Technology has inarguably altered our social relationships, but it hasn’t miraculously given 'more time to focus on them. With the good has come the bad, the disappointing, the cludgy, and the intractable. Meanwhile, the techie futurists continue to train their vision on the horizon, and the latest headlines about artificial intelligence serve to keep our eyes fixed there, too, instead of on the messy present' - thanks for flagging this Jenna Burrell piece @timnitGebru https://techpolicy.press/artificial-intelligence-and-the-ever-receding-horizon-of-the-future/
Artificial Intelligence and the Ever-Receding Horizon of the Future

Powerful tech figures ask us to look to the future — but they forget that the future belongs to us all, says Data & Society's Jenna Burrell. 

Tech Policy Press
'Cludgy' - great tech word, linked presumably with 'kludge', which quick Internet search suggests means computer system made up of badly matched elements #SoMany

@JB611 i have the intuition that it can be any system, not just computers

"This HVAC system is kludged together from two box fans, duct tape, and some ducting"

@trochee yes indeed - 'kludged together' is now a firm part of my vocabulary ;-)