The problem with "tech" as an industry description is that it lumps together a bunch of things that are doing a lot of harm with things that are mostly fine.

If you tell me that you "work in tech" then I have no damn idea whether you are working on a cosy farming sim or autonomous missile targeting systems.

"This is an official email..."

Oh wow, an official email? Wow wow. I can't believe I got an official email. Amazing.

One under-discussed difference between (what I'll call for shorthand) "the average person who might be reading this" and the population at large is that, whatever you think of AI, *you know what AI 'writing' sounds like.*

So: when someone sends you an undeclared AI-written message, you know what they did.

This leaves us with a gradually increasing number of social minefields to navigate (or at least messages to ignore/dismiss) in a way that is not currently the case for most people.

I'm trying to use Squarespace - didn't choose it obviously, helping a community group with 'fix our website stuff'

And what the fuck?

What the FUCK?

How is this so UTTERLY UNUSABLE and yet so expensive?

It just does. not. function. at a basic level. Making a page and adding some text is like pulling teeth.

It makes Wordpress look like a flying car. I'd rather use Microsoft Frontpage.

Did you ever look at MDM and think "Well that seems like a bad idea, because someone could just..."

Well, guess what?

A question that occurred to me and I haven't seen asked or answered:

What happens if there is a global energy crisis, and AI continues to spike energy use... at the same time?

No one 'needs' AI if you just write one line emails.

Use AI to write? Nope, one line email.
Use AI to summarise? Nope, it's just one line.
Use AI to reply? The expectation has been set here that I only want one line back.

Defend humanity today: embrace one-line emails.