Glyph2d ago
I am writing a blog post about why it is bad to use AI. It is extremely heavily sourced. I have a tedious automation problem formatting my citations. No problem, I think. I will write a computer program. The computer program does not work, because websites are blocking simple computer programs in an effort to block AI. Solution? Simple. Browser comes with AI embedded, browses like a human, has all my cookies. Just ask the AI. It sails through the primitive anti-AI measures easily.
Show threadmcc1d ago
@glyph When I think about "AI" I often think about how we had cities built to be navigated by people, and then we rebuilt the cities to be more easily navigated by cars, and now people without cars can't navigate the cities because we specifically designed them to require cars
Show threadPaul_IPv61d ago

@mcc @glyph

an important lesson.

the flip side is that cities in the netherlands, in france, etc. have reversed this, reclaimed areas as more suitable for pedestrians and bikes. let's see if we can't do some trend reversal in tech too.

Show threadLoïc Denuzière1d ago
@paul_ipv6 @mcc @glyph I wouldn't put this sentence in the past tense, at least not for France, but things are indeed improving in most cities.
Show threadPaul_IPv6

@tarmil @mcc @glyph

much of the damage of car design, suburbs, non-walkable cities started in the US in the 1950s and has been the trend more or less since.

i do see more trends to undo that kind of thinking in EU these days and i think it's a good thing.

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