The Humane Pin

It’s a secret to everyone! Read more about RSS Club. I rediscovered this draft I wrote angrily on November 12, 2023. The Humane Pin’s moment has passed, but I actually like this and I’m not too afraid to publish it now. If you’ve ever purchased a foam mattress, you have a perfect metaphor for the AI revolution. Hopefully you did your research and chose carefully, because once you invite it into your home and air it out there’s no getting that thing back in the fucking box. If you chose poorly, you won’t be able to sleep well until you can manage the cost and logistics to correct your mistake. So you’ll probably just live with it and forget the ill effects it’s having on your life. I’m convinced AI will be like any technical revolution, pushing a lot of things forward in new ways while simultaneously creating new problems. Concentrating wealth in the grand tradition of capitalism. AI will surely do some wonderful things for art and humanity, and Humane’s pin has nothing to do with…