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Developing AI field signal Analysis 1d ago
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developer abandons AI tools essay

I'm done using AI

6 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Alex Hanna Timnit Gebru Jeni Tennison Jed Brown Abstract Tesseract Baldur Bjarnason

“"There's an ineffable aspect to my favorite pieces of software where I don't think of it is as feature matrix but rather as an interface made by a human for humans that's a joy to use. And when you build software with AI, it leads to worse software." brettc…”

“"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's got…”

Primary source brettcodes.com ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Signal 1d ago

Why office workers are turning against

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Alex Hanna Brian Merchant By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) Baldur Bjarnason

“Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.”

“Hey look at this * Rising Customer Durability, Falling Business Dynamism www.chicagobooth.edu/-/media/rese... * DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credit for Participating in Takeover www.wired.com/story/doge-a... * Why office workers are turning against AI w…”

Primary source bloodinthemachine.com ↗
Developing Culture, work & education Signal 1d ago

The real ai jobs apocalypse

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna Baldur Bjarnason

“Chatted with @bcmerchant.bsky.social about what "AI" is doing to workers, the loss of dignity on the job, and the work we're doing at @dairinstitute.bsky.social's Luddite Lab. Despite the grim outlook, chatting with Brian is always a delight. www.bloodinthe…”

““The real AI jobs apocalypse - by Brian Merchant” https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-real-ai-jobs-apocalypse > But instead of replacing tens of millions of workers, it’s mostly making them miserable.”

Primary source bloodinthemachine.com ↗
Developing AI field signal Analysis 2d ago
Mystery AI Hype Theater podcast

Working 9 to Hype, 2026.08.10 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

4 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Emily M. Bender Alex Hanna The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute Charles Logan

“Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Ep 84, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I explore the gulf between what the tech companies say the impact of "AI" on labor is and what they are actually doing with their mathy maths: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...”

“Full episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...”

4 experts discussed this · 9 posts
Alex Hanna: “AI assisted” autism screening?? 🤦🏽 From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Working 9 to Hype”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
Alex Hanna: Full episode: www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Emily M. Bender: “AI assisted” autism screening?? 🤦🏽 From Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000’s latest episode “Working 9 to Hype”. (with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
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