I could write a lot but I feel itās so fledgling itās hard to see where itās going. But a lot of people are going to need to learn to work with their hands soon because itās ramping up way more than people are expecting.
Mar 24, 2024
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I feel they are going to start tasking more to employees/students with the knowledge AI is available and itās just going to increase its frequency/power to the general public. Deadlines are going to be firmer and fatigue is going to be inevitable.
May 3, 2025
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there is lowkey an unbelievable crisis in tech literacy atm, and working on the projects that i have over the last year has driven that home for me like nothing else. once upon a time, understanding how a computer worked was a precondition for using one. it isnāt anymore, and that is so unimaginably dangerous.
the total helplessness iāve seen (some) people express in response to techās recent rightward turn has been deeply unmooring. i see people all the time who genuinely do not understand how the platforms and devices that *govern their entire lives* operate on a basic level. āthe kidsā didnāt become computer wizards - instead, the devices got good enough that they could abstract all of their actual functionality away from you.
the amount of power and control knowing even a little bit about digital technology can give you is immense. learn about http. learn about rss. learn about how servers operate. learn the absolute basics of programming. far dumber people than you are doing it every day in silicon valley, and they (and their bosses) are using those skills against you.
Jan 28, 2025
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When the smartphone revolution began about 20 years ago you knew when you were using a smartphone or not. You knew when you were sitting down at a computer or not, when you were opening up a social media app or not, etc.
I think the big difference here is that AI is everywhere and in everything, almost without user consent. No industry is safe. Education isn't safe. Childhood isn't safe. Religious communities aren't safe. Text exchanges with family members aren't safe.
For months now I've recognized the need to establish a set of personal values and safeguards around AI. These apply primarily to me and in my domains of oversight. But also they will shape who and what I engage with and consume from.
In many ways I think this will be the issue of our time. What does it mean to be a human? Is there value in creating or only in the completed product? What do we gain from the struggle of the creative process?
Also I see opportunity everywhere.
As generative AI overtakes and as we realize that we can't trust anything that comes through a screen, even, soon, the person on the other side of a Zoom video chat (it could be their AI avatar authorized to speak on their behalf), then real life and real world interactions become so much more poignant and beautiful.
Right now I lead a community writing workshop on weekly basis. IT IS REAL. No one is using AI. We write together with pens in notebooks. We read our work aloud together. This will remain a safe space.
I can see other safe spaces springing up too. For instance: we gather and paint or make art, together and in realtime. Then we walk next door and hang our art immediately in a gallery and have a show. It's real. It's human. And we can trust it.
Also I see communities forming of people who choose to opt out of the generative AI devolution. There's a lot of thoughtful writing about this out there already.
May 15, 2025
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40-60 year old people get laid off daily after 15+ years in an industry and have to restart. Youāre too young to even know lifeās all about restarting and itās all relative. Fall in love with the process of learning and itāll never be scary. You might even end up loving what you pivot too. Youāll be fine.
Aug 5, 2024
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Put gloves on and seperate 20 cartons of eggs, idk
Mar 19, 2024
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If you donāt like the result then you know your answer.
Sep 3, 2024