> I don't agree that the entire generative AI ecosystem deserves all of those fuck yous.
Yes, I’ve noticed. You are frequently baffled that incredibly obvious and predictable things happen, like this or the misuse of “vibe coding” as a term.
That’s what makes your actions frustrating, your repeated glaring inability to understand the criticisms of the technology refering to the inevitable misuse, the lack of understanding that of course this is what it is going to be used for, and no amount of your blog posts is going to change it.
Your deliberate provocation didn’t accomplish good. Agreed, it was not by any means close to the worst things humans do, but it was still a public dick move (to borrow your words) which accomplished nothing.
One day, as will happen to most of us, you or someone close will be bitten hard by ignorant or malicious use outside your control. Perhaps then you’ll reflect on your role in it.
> One day, as will happen to most of us, you or someone close will be bitten hard by ignorant or malicious use outside your control.
Agreed. That's why I invest so much effort trying to help people understand the security risks that are endemic to how most of these systems work: https://simonwillison.net/tags/prompt-injection/
As someone from the Humanities who isn't in the tech industry, I'm just absolutely electrified by how strong the division this technology has generated in the social dynamic is. Like I mean second-order and third-order effects. Human beings aren't even always able to create a rift this deep. It's fascinating.
Useful idiots believe that these systems have "nascent emotions" or agency, or emergent behaviour [1]. So the will push for more and more idiotic uses of these systems. These behaviours need to be called out and shamed. And proper behaviours taught.
Yes, I’ve noticed. You are frequently baffled that incredibly obvious and predictable things happen, like this or the misuse of “vibe coding” as a term.
That’s what makes your actions frustrating, your repeated glaring inability to understand the criticisms of the technology refering to the inevitable misuse, the lack of understanding that of course this is what it is going to be used for, and no amount of your blog posts is going to change it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398241
Your deliberate provocation didn’t accomplish good. Agreed, it was not by any means close to the worst things humans do, but it was still a public dick move (to borrow your words) which accomplished nothing.
One day, as will happen to most of us, you or someone close will be bitten hard by ignorant or malicious use outside your control. Perhaps then you’ll reflect on your role in it.