"You can’t advertise people out of reacting to their own experiences"

This terrific editorial from Nilay Patel has been making the rounds, and with good reason. An important read, especially for those of us working in tech. Here’s what I highlighted: If you want to meaningfully oppose AI in a way that lasts, you should speak loudly with your dollars in the market and your attention online, and you should speak loudly with your votes. You should participate in a democratic regulatory and political process. Anything else will get dismissed and perpetuate the cycle. I also think it’s incredibly important for our politicians and tech executives to make sure our political process makes people feel empowered, not helpless, which is a specific kind of nihilism they have all greatly contributed to. The violence is a result of that helplessness and nihilism. And the most powerful people in our society ought to reckon with that, especially as they run around saying AI will wipe out all the jobs. It feels like someone just needs to say this clearly, so I’m just…