Eric deRuiter16h ago
Dave Rupert

đź“ť 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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Show threadDan Dean2d ago
@davatron5000 🫶
Show threadJim Nielsen2d ago
@davatron5000 killer post, as always dave
Show threadDave Rupert2d ago
@jimniels thanks for reading, jim! your quick notes are a huge inspiration for me.
Show threadJim Nielsen2d ago
@davatron5000 well you're gonna see this one show up in my notes, so you inspire yourself :)
Show threadJim Nielsen2d 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.

Show threadSav Tripodi1d ago
@davatron5000 hi dave, great post mate, you’ve been part of my rss feed uprising against ai slop world. Thanks for staying human (weird I even need to say that). I was wondering, what is the general vibe at big tech on using AI? People are saying they are mandated to use a certain token quota, etc. However, from your post it seems you have a normal-person-non-hype-bs attitude to AI (refreshing of course).
Show threadDave Rupert1d ago
@savtrip Good question, long answer. I'm under a mandate to use AI at work which has exposed me to some incredible/unreal generative AI projects, but also a lot of slop; it creates a lot of cognitive dissonance. So I have mixed views on AI and no grand thesis yet, but I'm working hard to protect my intellectual honesty – which means to not giving into the hype or the hate. I genuinely understand both perspectives tho. But I try to be real about what it can and can't do and avoid personifying it.
Show threadSav Tripodi11h ago
@davatron5000 interesting take. To mandate a developer tool sounds like overreach to me. If it’s useful it will naturally find its place. Also, my biggest issue is people thinking reading code is the same as building it. It’s an illusion of competency in my opinion. If you stop writing code yourself for years then how can you truly understand it. It’s like reading the theory of guitar, not practicing for years, and expecting to play like an expert. AI is super useful, the hype is exhausting.