fasterandworse

fasterandworse, 3 days ago to random

This is the most specific he can be.

"I use the hammer for the hitting. Thanks hammer factory"

fasterandworse, 7 days ago to random

just got this jetpack updates email which says you'll be able to ai-generate your featured image directly inside wordpress

this is getting surreal

fasterandworse, 7 days ago to random

In this one I talk about what openai really demonstrated in their spring update

https://fasterandworse.com/known-purpose-and-trusted-potential/

fasterandworse, 14 days ago to random

In this one I talk about the tech industry products that have more potential than purpose
https://fasterandworse.com/complicated-sticks/

fasterandworse, 24 days ago to random

It’s great to see MKBHD give no slack to trash products but I feel like “they don’t deliver on their promise” is wrong because most of the time there isn’t even a promise. Just hints and insinuations carried along by the hype.

There really is no basis for assessing something like the rabbit R1’s ability to deliver, because what does delivering look like?

The promise, the purpose, is vaporous.

“Here, see what you can do with this” is the definition of novelty

fasterandworse, 24 days ago to random

My response to AI customer service is to hit up the company’s senior employees on LinkedIn.

fasterandworse, 2 months ago to random

I feel like the use of computation for everything and how broken everything is becoming makes sense when you think of computation as a building material instead of a technology

fasterandworse, 2 months ago to random

Just sit tight for 3 months

fasterandworse, 2 months ago to random

“We have this technology, what can we apply it to?” is shifting deliberation from the means to the ends.

It’s anti-design.

fasterandworse, 2 months ago to random

Tech should call additional features complications like watchmakers do

fasterandworse, 3 months ago to random

Jakob Nielsen’s all-in on AI is melting my brain.

From his latest newsletter: https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/ux-roundup-20240219

fasterandworse, 3 months ago to random

Don't like seeing web design OGs pushing generative AI stuff. Reminds me of aging James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich telling Kirk not to do his guitar solos because the kids aren't into it.

fasterandworse, 3 months ago to random

I love how every visualisation of git concepts maintains the mystique

fasterandworse, 3 months ago to random

Being jealous of other's productivity takes up a lot of my time

fasterandworse, 4 months ago to random

"100 followers | 100 following"

could save me so many cognitive milliseconds by changing to:

"100 followers | following 100"

fasterandworse, 4 months ago to random

how high on the dodgy scales are free dynamic dns services?

fasterandworse, 4 months ago to random

how do you get anything done on days you're told the plumber will be there any time between 8am and 4pm?

fasterandworse, 4 months ago to random

best not find yourself defending a brand

fasterandworse, 4 months ago to random

I live in Amsterdam now!

fasterandworse, 6 months ago to random

My Aura of Care article is featured in the latest issue of DOC

https://www.doc.cc/articles/the-aura-of-care-in-ux

fasterandworse, 6 months ago to random

It's all so dumb

fasterandworse, 6 months ago to random

"Like for the longest time I kept coming back to who these systems were for. Why they existed and why they were – in their hollowness – embraced this fiercely. But the longer I think about it there is only one reasoning: “AI image generators” are a phenomenon of late stage capitalism."

Hollow, Empty, Cold are words we're going to be using more in time.

Nice perspective from @tante

https://tante.cc/2023/11/10/thoughts-on-generative-ai-art/

fasterandworse, 6 months ago to random

Medium and Linkedin proving this to be overwhelmingly true

fasterandworse, 6 months ago to random

Understanding the thoughts and feelings of others because you want them to be satisfied users is not empathy, it's customer acquisition and retention.

fasterandworse, 6 months ago to random

I'm at a point where I don't have the energy to read anything, complimentary or critical, about AI. It's such a sudden torrent of commentary that I've gone into the flight reaction and can feel myself pretending it doesn't exist.