Charles Oliver NutterFeb 19
I have never seen a technology or feature being forced on people as much as AI. Every day some project or tool I use either opts me into AI help without asking or CONSTANTLY nags me to use it. It's shocking. Makes me wonder how badly the sales of these tools are going.
Show threadJamie GaskinsFeb 20

@headius You'd think if it was really as helpful as its boosters claim, they wouldn't have to impose it on us.

I honestly don't think it's about AI as a technology, but the wealthy investors who have a stake in AI companies pushing it on the companies whose boards they sit on because it's an easy sell to the CEO ("increase capacity without headcount" is music to a typical startup exec's ears). That is, I suspect they're juicing adoption numbers to inflate their portfolio.

BBBBurnsFeb 20
Show threadMichael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭

@jamie @headius I thought @pluralistic made some good points here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

"It’s wonderful to run a company that has a growth stock. Your shares are as good as money. If you want to buy another company or hire a key worker, you can offer stock instead of cash."

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage

AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

The Guardian
Feb 20 at 3:37amWeb
Show threadJamie GaskinsFeb 20
@citizen428 @headius @pluralistic That article covers a lot of my thoughts on AI and is a great read. It even covers the topic of a thread I posted the other day (copyright implications with AI) which, coincidentally, Cory participated in.