Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte

Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte:

As seen online:

“The technology is a failure, and I’d like to invite you to join me in treating it as such. I’m not the first one to land here, of course; the likes of Karen Hao, Alex Hanna, Emily Bender, and more have been on this beat longer than I have. And just to be clear, describing “AI” as a failure doesn’t mean it doesn’t have useful, individual applications; it’s possible you’re already thinking of some that matter to you. But I think it’s important to see those as exceptions to the technology’s overwhelming bias toward failure.”

— from Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte as of 30 September 2025

See: Karen HaoAlex Hanna, Emily Bender