Cory Doctorow@pluralistic@mamot.fr
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @bradley@techhub.social @DavyJones@c.im
I first wrote about this 20+ years ago:
https://people.well.com/user/doctorow/metacrap.htm
I can't believe I have to restate it in the context of AI:
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/02/inventing-the-pedestrian/#three-apis-in-a-trenchcoat
Cogito ergo mecagoendios@elrohir@mastodon.gal
@pluralistic@mamot.fr @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @bradley@techhub.social @DavyJones@c.im a veteran tech researcher I worked with told me this same thing happened when computer optimization started getting big. People used to say "see you will be able to write any problem as a cost function with a set of constraints and all jobs will be replaced with numerical algorithms". And I saw it myself being said about P2P networks in my era. Turns out peoples' interactions in society require social explanations and social interventions.