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Multiple readings Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want Policy & governance · 2 attributable reactions Multiple readings Why shaming people about AI slop isn’t enough to stop Big AI - Anil Dash Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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AI labs misunderstand consumer desires

Tech Visionary Says the Big AI Labs Don’t Get What People Want

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Why this matches Markets & investment reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Anil Dash
“"Silicon Valley has become anti-capitalist." I like @timoreilly.bsky.social's framing here, and he makes the case really clearly in a way that I hope will resonate with a lot of the broader audience. www.wired.com/story/tech-v...” evidence ↗
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Anil Dash Blake E. Reid
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“There's a budding revival of late-90s/early-2000s cyberlibertariansm (these ideas on open source AI, enshittification, etc.) that correctly diagnoses problems with concentrated corporate power and then doubles down on *the exact same* law/policy/politics of…”

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“"Silicon Valley has become anti-capitalist." I like @timoreilly.bsky.social's framing here, and he makes the case really clearly in a way that I hope will resonate with a lot of the broader audience. www.wired.com/story/tech-v...”

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Blake E. Reid: There's a budding revival of late-90s/early-2000s cyberlibertariansm (these ideas on open source AI, enshittification, etc.) that correctly diagnoses problems with concentrated corporate power and …
Karl Bode: welcome back to bluesky mister reid
Blake E. Reid: TBF, an inverted version of the same dynamic is playing out in the progressive revival of antitrust, utility regulation, etc. and its disregard of authoritarianism.
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Anil Dash AI slop critique

Why shaming people about AI slop isn’t enough to stop Big AI - Anil Dash

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“I’m not saying people can’t try it; of course they can, and are. I’m saying it won’t work, because it has been anticipated by the platform owners and investors, who are incapable of shame. They’ll just make slop art generators that are harder to tell are AI…” evidence ↗
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“Hey look at this * Does copyright protect AI-generated content in Europe? euobserver.com/232898/inter... * FTC Says It Will Enforce Surveillance Pricing. It Won’t. prospect.org/2026/08/21/f... * Why shaming people about AI slop isn’t enough to stop Big AI w…”

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“I’m not saying people can’t try it; of course they can, and are. I’m saying it won’t work, because it has been anticipated by the platform owners and investors, who are incapable of shame. They’ll just make slop art generators that are harder to tell are AI…”

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Anil Dash: Hey, thanks so much for the thoughtful response and for amplifying the piece! And I agree with your empathetic take that a lot of people’s impulse to dunk comes from their fatigue and frustrations.
Anil Dash: Here's a more fully articulated version of the argument I'd make: simply shaming people about their AI slop isn't an effective strategy for stopping Big AI. There needs to be a power-aware theory o…
Anil Dash: The key point: shame is fine for establishing social norms; it might even change some behaviors — but the fascist VCs have designed for it in their business models, so it’s *not effective* at stopp…
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