Tim Bray
Person on 4 sites
Canadian software developer, co-editor of the XML and Atom specifications, formerly of Sun, Google and AWS; writes the long-running blog ongoing.
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9 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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18 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The biggest problem with generative AI is ethical and economic, not what it can or cannot do. (opens korrents.com)
“For me (and I’m not alone), the biggest issue isn’t what GenAI can and can’t do, it’s the ethical and economic discomforts.”
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Generative AI is being sold by rich people whose goal is to get richer, and bought by people who want to cut their payrolls. (opens korrents.com)
“This technology is being peddled by terrible people who are rich and whose goal is to get richer. It’s bought and deployed by terrible people who want to slash their payrolls by throwing thought workers onto the street.”
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In the AI era code is cheap, but time is still expensive. (opens korrents.com)
“Code, in the LLM-pre-bubble-pop era, is cheap. Time is still expensive.”
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The biggest problem with generative AI is ethical and economic, not what it can or cannot do. (opens korrents.com)
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12 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Words Without Music (opens rcmnd.app)
“Any Glass fan is going to want to read this, I think. But it’s not problem-free.”
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Some Desperate Glory (opens rcmnd.app)
“great things from her, because this is pretty great.”
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System Collapse (opens rcmnd.app)
“System Collapse and if you’re going to read it, which I recommend, it’s”
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Words Without Music (opens rcmnd.app)