Betting the House on Vectors Over Experience

I might miss the train to the shiny AI generated future. Oh well. So much is being gushed over because it looks so good, it feels right, it has all the appeal of truthiness. Yet I have these encounters, which may be edge cases or that Mike Caulfield if he ever would speak to me again (I get it, you don’t want non flattering comments, Mike) could pick apart. But still, I see some cracks in the assumptions built upon mega systems relying solely on statistical conclusions, ingoring lived experiences. Perhaps these are just irrelevant. But I think about this a lot. And this is what ends up taking me down curious holes of distraction, keeping me from doing emails and other “tasks” I Should Be Doing. I saw a reference to a recommended photo editing software called aphera. I scroll down at the sample photos (which are great). Sure I recognize the bridge. but right away, my own experiences take me to that third image. Sample images from aphera web site — that third one jumps out as I know…