Call me paranoid, but I feel like every application I use that’s made by Google, Meta, or Microsoft has been getting worse.
Obviously I blame AI, but they aren’t just getting “trying to shove unwanted and superfluous AI features down my throat” worse. No, I mean objectively worse: slower, more bugs, missing features, clunkier UI. These companies are relying on AI more and more for development, and personally I think it’s showing.
Is anybody else seeing this, or is it just me?
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You know you’re really desperate to put something off when you spend 3 hours binge-reading the archives of your own blog.
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We’ve all heard that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. But it hits a little different when it’s your entire country repeating history, including the part of history where everyone in power ignores the folks screaming “You’re repeating history, and it’s not the good kind!”
I imagine it feels a little like watching your best friend fail an open-book exam because he didn’t study and is refusing to open the book.
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Companies should not be responsible for regulating themselves. That’s the whole reason we have government. Why are people still saying that AI regulation is unnecessary when the companies themselves are asking to be regulated? I feel crazy for even needing to point any of this out!
(And before anybody says “lock-in,”1 let me remind you that the purpose of lock-in is to prevent newer and smaller competitors from catching up. Regulating only the most powerful models, as these companies and their employees are suggesting, would be the exact opposite!)
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Me (to 6yo): “…I said, finish cleaning your room!”
Me (to myself): “Huh, what am I holding?
“Oh, it’s lip balm. Why do I have this?
“…Oh, right. Because I got it out of my pocket. To put on my face. Ten seconds ago.”
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Everyone understands that adolescence is an awkward time.
Nobody prepares you for the awkwardness of being in your 30s, seeing a woman shopping at the grocery store with her mother and her daughter, and not being able to make up your mind about which of them is hotter.
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Just as Socialist Democrats are pro-democracy, transhumanists like myself are pro-human. Current AI developers are working to replace humanity. It’s not a secret; racing to create superintelligence is their entire business model! If you believe that should change, sign here: https://stoptheracetoreplace.org
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I live a life of intrigue and suspense, full of exciting questions like “why did I walk into this room,” “what was the reason I picked up my phone two hours ago,” and “is that yellow stain on my nails orange peel or jaundice”
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