Technically, AI is a field of computer science that uses advanced methods of computing.
Socially, AI is a set of extractive tools used to concentrate power and wealth.
I write here for you, not for the benefit of building the machines producing a firehose of spam, scams, and slop. The artificial intelligence companies have already violated the expectations of even a public web. Regardless of the benefits they have created — and I do believe there are benefits to these technologies — they have behaved unethically. Defensive action is the only control a publisher can assume right now.
A microwave isn’t going to take your job; a chef who knows how to use a microwave is going to take your job.
I wanted to quote an excerpt of this post, but honestly I couldn’t choose just one part—the whole thing is perfect. You should read it for the beauty of the language alone.
(This is Anthony Moser’s first blog post. I fear he has created his Citizen Kane.)
This website is for humans, and LLMs are not welcome here.
Cosigned.
When you vibe code, you are incurring tech debt as fast as the LLM can spit it out. Which is why vibe coding is perfect for prototypes and throwaway projects: It’s only legacy code if you have to maintain it!
The worst possible situation is to have a non-programmer vibe code a large project that they intend to maintain. This would be the equivalent of giving a credit card to a child without first explaining the concept of debt.
If you don’t understand the code, your only recourse is to ask AI to fix it for you, which is like paying off credit card debt with another credit card.
Brian Eno on prototyping and fidelity.
Large language models are big messy brushes, not scalpels.
The best of the web is under continuous attack from the technology that powers your generative “AI” tools.
Three designers I know have been writing about large language models.
A web by humans, for humans.