I’m a big Neal Stephenson fan. He posted his remarks on AI from a recent conference. You should read the whole thing, but this was particularly concerning. It aligns with what I hear from the students I speak to.
the job i've already resigned from is having a weapons-manufacture-themed (seriously, don't ask) "AI" hype week and i'm just burying myself in episodes of "Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000" to keep my head cool
I refuse not to fight this corporate attempt to redefine "fair use" in a way that lets "AI" enshittifiers use their not-quite-copying to launder the context and authorship completely off of data.
Last week, I spent a few days in Leeds attending All Day Hey again, a brilliant conference for developers, designers and tech leads. This conference is part of my holy-grail of community-led conferences that I purchase tickets for regardless of the schedule. This is because I …
