I have two “AI” devices in a drawer. I’ve tried various different forms of AI. AI tops every Google search now. I still have Perplexity, which I use for a particular kind of deep research – it speeds up sourcing, like a good search engine was supposed to. It doesn’t get used often. I’m sure I could use AI to make myself various kinds of digital tools, but I personally would much rather buy them from the people who made them. I could use coupons to obtain polyester clothes from Temu if I didn’t give a shit about anything, and I tend to put “vibe coding” in the same bucket. I’m done. There was a time where I had a window on the world. And then the platforms and tools that provided it ceased interoperability, became locked rooms, and were given to robots to run. By 2018, the joy and utility of these new tools were gone. And the people who achieved that are the same people who want to shove “AI” into our lives. I am tired of people somehow thinking this time will be different: that this…
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