JenniferplusplusMar 10

"AI can make mistakes, always check the results"

I fucking loathe this phrase and everything that goes into it. It's not advice. It's a threat.

You probably read it as "AI is _capable_ of making mistakes; you _should_ check the results".

What it actually says is "AI is _permitted_ to make mistakes; _you are liable_ for the results, whether you check them or not".

Except "you" is generally not even the person building, installing, or even using the AI. It's the person the AI is used on:
https://thepit.social/@peter/116205452673914720

Show threadDaniel BlakeMar 10

@jenniferplusplus

I think that being liable for the mistakes an AI that you use is only fair... They who live by the sword etc.

Show threadAndreas GroisMar 10

@Daniel_Blake @jenniferplusplus The problems start if you aren't using the AI because you want to, but because you got ordered to use it.

Cory Doctorow has written a lot about what he calls Reverse Centaurs - persons having to work for a machine instead of persons using a machine. For instance:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington

Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadDaniel Blake

@soulsource @jenniferplusplus

Yes, of course: I was only thinking of voluntary use.

Mar 10 at 8:22pmWeb