The deskilling of web dev is harming the product but, more importantly, it’s damaging our health – this is why burnout happens – Baldur Bjarnason
A depressing but accurate description of the economics of web development.
Clippy returned (as an unnecessary “AI”) | hidde.blog
Personally, I want software to push me not towards reusing what exists, but away from that (and that’s harder). Whether I’m producing a plan or hefty biography, push me towards thinking critically about the work, rather than offering a quick way out.
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The Illusion Of Developer “Productivity” Opens The Door To Snake Oil – Codemanship’s Blog
There are a lot of astute observations in here.
Artificial intelligence: who owns the future? - ethical.net
Whether consciously or not, AI manufacturers have decided to prioritise plausibility over accuracy. It means AI systems are impressive, but in a world plagued by conspiracy and disinformation this decision only deepens the problem.
“the secret list of websites” - Chris Coyier
Google is a portal to the web. Google is an amazing tool for finding relevant websites to go to. That was useful when it was made, and it’s nothing but grown in usefulness. Google should be encouraging and fighting for the open web. But now they’re like, actually we’re just going to suck up your website, put it in a blender with all other websites, and spit out word smoothies for people instead of sending them to your website. Instead.
I concur with Chris’s assessment:
I just think it’s fuckin’ rude.
The AI hype bubble is the new crypto hype bubble
A handy round-up of recent wrtings on artificial insemination.
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