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Shared emphasis "Useful" is not sufficient Opportunity & adoption · 2 attributable reactions
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AI usefulness insufficient critique essay

"Useful" is not sufficient

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · tante, Baldur Bjarnason
“"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/” evidence ↗
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Emily M. Bender tante Baldur Bjarnason
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“"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/”

3 experts discussed this · 8 posts
tante: "In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough." https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/
tante: (Sorry, just a quick note, I'd love to write a longer piece on "useful" because it's such a harmful narrative)
tante: Gotta figure out if I might want to pitch that somewhere or just dump it on the blog ;))
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4 experts · 7 posts · 12d ago
Emily M. Bender Olivia Guest tante Neil Turkewitz
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“I really appreciate this stance. Too many people try to use "but it's useful" as a counterargument to what we say, for example, in The AI Con. Useful for whom and at what cost (to the user and espe…” evidence ↗
Shared emphasis Opportunity & adoption · 2
Emily M. Bender: I really appreciate this stance. Too many people try to use "but it's useful" as a counterargument to what we say, for example, in The AI Con. Useful for whom and at what cost (to the user and espe…
tante: I really appreciate this stance. Too many people try to use "but it's useful" as a counterargument to what we say, for example, in The AI Con. Useful for whom and at what cost (to the user and espe…
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