@alyx_woodward@universeodon.com
Post #1680702
2026-01-27 20:30 UTC
@pauleveritt @trishagee And when your only "metric" for whether something is GOOD or not is whether it's possible to generate profit with it, then where's the incentive to make anything that actually WORKS?
I don't suppose either of you, given the nature of how you make your money, is bound to have noticed this, but #software in general has been degenerating into unusable rubbish over the last few decades and the #AI / #LLM craze clearly represents the _reductio ad absurdum_ of that lengthy process of degeneration. Most decisions in corporate #technology about software development are made by people who (a) do no actual work for a living and (b) have such privileged sinecure posts in society that they never actually have to face up to the consequences of profiting from the vending of junk.
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@trishagee@mastodon.social 2026-01-27 20:33
@alyx_woodward @pauleveritt yes I have noticed this. I'm currently reading Enshitification which explains the phenomenon and how and why it happens. It's fascinating