https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/02/there-is-an-exit/ There is an exit.
| Website | https://henryfarrell.net/wp/ |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0611-3949 |
Henry Farrell
@henryfarrell
- 3K Followers
- 331 Following
- 1.3K Posts
Chris J. Karr@henryfarrell lays out a compelling metaphor where Google AI is the 2020s' equivalent to Olestra.
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/google-ai-fails-the-taste-test
Peter WilliamsGood point from @henryfarrell : AI summarizations make bad search results *feel* much more as if they're Google's fault, even if the underlying way in which they're obtained is not vastly different than before.
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/google-ai-fails-the-taste-test
Lawrence WilkinsonAccountancy as a lens on the hidden systems of the world: "Today's hackers wear green eyeshades, not mirrorshades" @henryfarrell on @doctorow, @pluralistic and the realities of power
(Plus- Mae West, sentenced)
Pondering power: https://roughlydaily.com/2024/04/19/never-call-an-accountant-a-credit-to-his-profession-a-good-accountant-is-a-debit-to-his-profession/
(Plus- Mae West, sentenced)
Pondering power: https://roughlydaily.com/2024/04/19/never-call-an-accountant-a-credit-to-his-profession-a-good-accountant-is-a-debit-to-his-profession/
On the road, but just to say that any generosity attributed to me is utterly outclassed by the generosity of Nate's reply https://mastodon.social/deck/@natemati[email protected]/112225693174874844
J. Nathan Matias 🦣A few weeks ago, I wrote about a paper on online toxicity by @henryfarrell & Cosma Shalizi. Henry had the wonderful generosity to respond and point out where I misunderstood the article.
In this post, I respond with clarifications on the idea of toxicity and the use of models.
I also reflect on the value of having a thoughtful, considered disagreement in public online — something that seems to have largely disappeared from my circles.
https://natematias.medium.com/disagreements-fast-and-slow-d0bc49ac9c3f
@chronodm @kissane My old theory is that one aspect of their spookiness is because they seem like a planchette to be moving of their own accord but in fact are an animation of the collective culture summarized in their weighted vectors - but this is just one aspect. The broader framing is that fantastic passage in Citadel of the Autarch where Wolfe leaps from discussion of how easily our words can be predicted to the argument that stories are the one thing that is uniquely human.
@kissane I'll be trying to write this up sometime in the next few weeks, but I think Mark Fisher's essay-book on the Weird and the Eerie is very helpful https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/making-sense-of-the-weird-and-the-eerie/
@natematias Pancakes are one of the better things in American life (didn't grow up with 'em but fell for them when I came over) but I'm quite as surprised as you that it's possible to get edible microwaveable ones.