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📝 New post about generative AI, friction, and people.

https://daverupert.com/2026/03/people-are-not-friction/

People are not friction

The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect of AI is a pretty well documented phenomenon: The Gell-Mann amnesia effect is a cognitive bias describing the tendency of individuals to critically assess media reports in a domain they are knowledgeable about, yet continue to trust reporting in other areas despite recognizing similar potential inaccuracies.

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Jim Nielsen 2d ago

@davatron5000 killer post, as always dave

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Dave Rupert

@jimniels thanks for reading, jim! your quick notes are a huge inspiration for me.

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Jim Nielsen 2d ago

@davatron5000 well you're gonna see this one show up in my notes, so you inspire yourself :)

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Jim Nielsen 2d ago

@davatron5000 lol whoops, did that thing where it started as a note boosting what you said, but turned into more thoughts than I expected and thus a Full Blog Post™️

https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/re-people-arent-friction/

Re: People Are Not Friction

Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.