Einar W. Høst
@einarwh.bsky.social
I am a cornucopia of near relevant facts.
I mean whenever you chain together a couple of critical sentences it is labelled a rant, surely we should have label for when people chain together sentences of hyperbole?
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I mean whenever you chain together a couple of critical sentences it is labelled a rant, surely we should have label for when people chain together sentences of hyperbole?
What’s the obverse of a rant? A gush?
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
What’s the obverse of a rant? A gush?
Last talk of the year done.
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Last talk of the year done.
As a speaker, I suffer from AI avatar dread.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
As a speaker, I suffer from AI avatar dread.
I have to say the whole imposter syndrome narrative changes character given how eagerly people will pass off AI slop as substitute for work.
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I have to say the whole imposter syndrome narrative changes character given how eagerly people will pass off AI slop as substitute for work.
Are there any .NET Aspire tutorials without the Microsoft glaze?
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Are there any .NET Aspire tutorials without the Microsoft glaze?
Hewlett-Packard Lovecraft
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hewlett-Packard Lovecraft
*Massive bong rip*
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
*Massive bong rip*
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
*Holding it in*
*Still holding*
Electrons.
Pet peeve: can we abolish the word "basically" from tutorials? What does "this is basically that" mean? Is this that? Or not? Are there caveats? When is this not that? How will this "basically" break down/come back to bite me in the ass?
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Pet peeve: can we abolish the word "basically" from tutorials? What does "this is basically that" mean? Is this that? Or not? Are there caveats? When is this not that? How will this "basically" break down/come back to bite me in the ass?
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In a short piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @abeba.bsky.social and I write #AIHype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course.
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
AI Hype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course | TechPolicy.Press
Kris Shrishak and Abeba Birhane say policymakers should stop peddling in unscientific discourse about "AGI" and "superintelligence."
www.techpolicy.press
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In a short piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @abeba.bsky.social and I write #AIHype Is Steering EU Policy Off Course.
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
Stop peddling in unscientific discourse about “AGI” and “superintelligence.” Serve citizens. Don't cater to the whims of tech CEOs.
www.techpolicy.press/ai-hype-is-s...
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Is it 'online training course'?
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is it 'online training course'?
So many brains cooked by AI marketing narratives.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
So many brains cooked by AI marketing narratives.
An AI slob is someone who exposes others to AI slop.
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
An AI slob is someone who exposes others to AI slop.
It seems like I’m very much a local speaker these days.
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It seems like I’m very much a local speaker these days.
I had the pleasure of talking about the AI puppet dance at #ndcai today. Thanks to everyone who showed up! Slides are here: einarwh.no/slides/2025/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I had the pleasure of talking about the AI puppet dance at #ndcai today. Thanks to everyone who showed up! Slides are here: einarwh.no/slides/2025/...
What’s the killer application of a gun?
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
What’s the killer application of a gun?
The expression “our daily lives” always puzzles me. Is it distinct from our weekly lives, our monthly lives, our yearly lives, our decadely lives? (I guess it ends there, centennial lives are beyond the reach of most of us.)
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The expression “our daily lives” always puzzles me. Is it distinct from our weekly lives, our monthly lives, our yearly lives, our decadely lives? (I guess it ends there, centennial lives are beyond the reach of most of us.)
This is me on stage at @hellostavanger.no fearing nothing in the world, except that the heavens might fall on my head.
November 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is me on stage at @hellostavanger.no fearing nothing in the world, except that the heavens might fall on my head.
Suppose we had an AI whose only goal was to make as many tech bros as possible.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Suppose we had an AI whose only goal was to make as many tech bros as possible.
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Data shows that high-performing development teams are showing modest improvements in software delivery using "AI" coding assistants.
But is "AI" boosting their performance directly, or is something else going on?
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/c...
But is "AI" boosting their performance directly, or is something else going on?
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/c...
Cause or Correlation?
The 2025 DORA State of AI-Assisted Software Development report shows a trend where teams that were already high-performing appeared to make modest improvements in delivery lead times and release st…
codemanship.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Data shows that high-performing development teams are showing modest improvements in software delivery using "AI" coding assistants.
But is "AI" boosting their performance directly, or is something else going on?
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/c...
But is "AI" boosting their performance directly, or is something else going on?
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/c...
There's junior developer and there's senior developer, but what do you call the stage where you react like this when a new version of something you use is released?
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There's junior developer and there's senior developer, but what do you call the stage where you react like this when a new version of something you use is released?
I find it startling that so many people will so readily and uncritically adopt the AI vendors’ radical declarations (aimed at constructing reality by presenting them as fait accompli) as their creed.
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I find it startling that so many people will so readily and uncritically adopt the AI vendors’ radical declarations (aimed at constructing reality by presenting them as fait accompli) as their creed.
Reposted by Einar W. Høst
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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Oh hey the recording of my talk about the AI puppet dance at @hellostavanger.no is online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pun8...
The AI puppet dance – Einar Høst – HelloStavanger 2025
YouTube video by HelloStavanger
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November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Oh hey the recording of my talk about the AI puppet dance at @hellostavanger.no is online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pun8...
When your headphones say “battery 90%” and your head goes “fucking braggart”.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
When your headphones say “battery 90%” and your head goes “fucking braggart”.