Daring FireballApr 23
Nilay Patel: ‘Beware Software Brain’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/23/patel-software-brain
Nilay Patel: ‘Beware Software Brain’

Link to: https://www.theverge.com/podcast/917029/software-brain-ai-backlash-databases-automation

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@daringfireball we have moved from “a bicycle for the mind” to “the steamroller of the mind”
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Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaApr 24

@hotcoffee @daringfireball What a great phrase… I also immediately thought of the infamous iPad Pro press ad when Nilay talked about flattening people…

One of the astronomy Ph.D. students of my cohort used to say that “software people are always trying to socialize their problems”, and at the time I saw part of his point, but now I realize how right he was.