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I wrote a new piece yesterday, called "Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob", about my escalating rage at AI-generated text. It includes a framework for thinking about when AI involvement is fine -- just another tool -- and when it lands as a violation. charity.wtf/p/confes…

Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob charity.wtf

ah, i like that idea, and it neatly parallels my other piece, charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/ai-enthusi...

AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy charitydotwtf.substack.com

as promised, here is my post on AI and ethics. I think unilateral disarmament in the face of powerful new tools is neither wise nor effective. I think those of us in tech have a particular responsibility to engage, participate and build better solutions. charitydotwtf.substack…

Make AI Boring Again charitydotwtf.substack.com

People really hate AI mandates -- unsurprisingly, since most are terrible. But they don't have to be. Used wisely, the mandate is an effective tool for driving and funding organizational change. More in my piece, "In defense of AI mandates." charitydotwtf.substack.com/p/in-def…

In defense of AI mandates charitydotwtf.substack.com

Because the internet is a hive mind, I have already seen two more excellent pieces today on similar themes. The first is from @terriblesoftware.org, who makes a similar point: "I have my own Claude. If I'm asking you, i want to know what YOU THINK." terriblesoftware.org/2026/0…

AI Is Breaking This Thing We Call Trust terriblesoftware.org

the first in a 3-part series on @honeycomb.io's AI norms and values is up. this one is called "How We Do Business at Honeycomb." www.honeycomb.io/blog/ai-norm... values are not supposed to be aspirational slogans. values should codify how things actually work. this is how it w…

AI Norms & Values, Part 1 of 3: How We Do Business honeycomb.io

He also points out that adapting to these tools means we must be MUCH more explicit about what we want & expect. The topic of respecting each other's time (and handling mismatched expectations) is one I discussed at length in our final "AI Norms and Values" post. www.honeycomb…

AI Norms & Values, Part 3 of 3: Things We Hold True honeycomb.io

i also wrote on this topic here, charity.wtf/p/ai-enthusi...

AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy charity.wtf

is objectivity the goal here? i should think anyone whose job is being impacted by AI is going to find it tricky to evaluate it "objectively". i'm not completely sure what i was thinking of when i said bad assumptions, but i am guessing it was this. charity.wtf/p/ai-demands...

AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less charity.wtf

writing my second response on AI, this one on ethics. here's my list, what am I missing? come on bsky, you were built for this day 😉 * datacenters that are too loud and use fresh water * data labeling work that is extractive & exploitative, chasing low pay * models trained on data without consent