Dave Hogue

@davehogue
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UXer, Psychologist, Foodie, Gardener, Traveler, Motorcyclist, Lives near a big ocean
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Non-workGardening
WorkDesign Lead, Enterprise UX

Once again Ted Chiang has it exactly right. The immediate danger from #AI is not that it will become sentient and do whatever it wants. The danger is that it will do what it’s being designed to do: help rich corporations destroy the working class in pursuit of ever-greater profits and thus concentrate wealth in fewer and fewer hands.

https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey

Your product can look great and still be unusable.

Your product can be usable, and work poorly.

Your product can work great, and still not be useful for anybody.

Design is all these things, not just the visual craft.

Still, let's be generous to bed-wetting, seventies-haunted inflation hawks and pretend that we're worried about a wage-price spiral. Good news! There isn't one. Wage growth peaked in June at 4.8% and by October it had declined to 4.2%, making real wages 2.3% *lower* than they were in Oct 2021.

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This literature clock is the most wonderful thing I’ve seen in a long time. Checking the time becomes a moment of pure joy 😍

https://literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com

Literature Clock

I've been thinking about Twitter.

I stopped using it when Elno started reinstating accounts with prior violations based on popular vote. I've had my human rights voted on for my entire life, and I've nearly always lost. Doing the right thing is not something for a popular vote.

I also do not want my time and attention to fund (via ads) actions which I personally see as fundamentally wrong.

I will work to rebuild my community elsewhere, but staying on Twitter is not an option at this time.

narrator: and what happened next surprised no one
Wishing everyone health, safety, and love.
Steampunk Jellyfish might be my new favourite thing. #midjourney #jellyfish
This was the first image of the #Earth 🌍 taken from the #NASA #Orion spacecraft as it rounded the limb of the #Moon πŸŒ– and was reacquired by the #DSN. Every human is in this photograph. With the population of the planet having just crossed the 8 billion mark, https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/, this is the biggest family photograph ever taken! #Artemis #Artemis1
World Population Clock: 8.3 Billion People (LIVE, 2026) - Worldometer

How many people are there in the world? World population has reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022 according to the United Nations. World population live counter with data sheets, graphs, maps, and census data regarding the current, historical, and future world population figures, estimates, growth rates, densities and demographics

Worldometer
Replying to myself to say "Thanks!" to all the people who helpfully answered my question. πŸ˜€