Post #263078

2026-02-08 07:43 UTC

I think Firefall by Peter Watts is the absolute correct reference for this. Echopraxia is also very good for understanding AI https://distantprovince.by/posts/its-rude-to-show-ai-output-to-people/

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@amyworrall@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 09:21

@amanda@social.spejset.org @nicklockwood@mastodon.social yeah, this. If you’re sharing a ChatGPT response with me you’d better be prepared to justify why you agree with it. (And if you’ve already adopted it as your own opinions, why mention ChatGPT at all, other than as an appeal to authority?)

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@erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social 2026-02-08 10:32

@amanda@social.spejset.org @vaurora@mstdn.social Also adding Blindsight to me reading list...

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@fuzzyfuzzyfungus@cyberplace.social 2026-02-09 00:13

@amanda@social.spejset.org It's exceptionally odd how 'AI' has managed to(in some circles) totally flip the implications that existed around search engines. "let me google that for you" was understood as a blunt rebuke that you were asking a question so trivial that it was basically an insult; and, even back when google tried to be useful, returning raw search engine output was a deliberate slap in the face. The Harvard Business review piece on 'workslop' has less literary interest but is in a similar vein.

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