Ten bucks says I'm now counted in their monthly metrics as an AI User.

Man, do I ever feel this as an Old in the web development world. So many overengineered single-page dynamic framework "apps" being built for sites with extremely static content, when late-1990s tech (HTML, CSS, server-side rendering, aggessive caching) would be lightning quick & fit for purpose.

Previously, these belief systems tended to collapse under their own weight. Contradictions and memory gaps made them hard to sustain. Now the AI removes that friction, it produces timelines, summaries, and "forensic" explanations on demand.

Pretty wild to read up on quality control best practices (filled with "processes must be clearly defined and controlled" & "all critical processes are validated to ensure consistency") then try to square that with how weird probabilistic models are supposed to be the $trillion future of everything.

Turns out the way you stop it is that it costs more than double to produce basic plagiarism than people are willing to pay.

*skritches*

Will never not take an opportunity to share that Middlemarch has a pet lenticular cloud.

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One of the all-time great guitar albums. Richard Lloyd! Robert Quine!