Everybody's Lost Their Minds
A pretty great rant about all things AI.
On AI Coding and Its Discontents - Cal Newport
I'm still trying to decide if this is a totally made up story or not. The whole thing about "there was a bug in production so I was told I might get fired" sound so damn toxic... On the other hand though, even if it's 100% fake, I get the concern that is likely being spun here.
GEBible
The author does seem to fully admit that the whole thing is vibe-coded, but... kinda handy resource for cross-checking various Bible translations. Handy for those times you want to find some vile nonsense, or cross-reference issues.
Retraction: The App Store Rejection of the Week That Was, in Fact, a Correct Rejection
I didn't know this was a site, and now I'm glad I know this is a site. What got me here was the drama around this particular app. It's got everything: claims of unfair treatment, claims of unfair portrayal of an application, claims of copying by AI, the works. Well worth a read.
AI is a bubble, just like dot-com
I do believe that AI is a bubble. I guess the question is: is it a crypto/NFT kind of bubble, or a dot-com kind of bubble?
LLMs reward expertise
Too many people who are pushing for LLMs and agents in a business environment seem to fail to understand that you can't replace expertise with them.
I feel many organisations will find this out too late.
Don't be a meat proxy
I'm going to remember the phrase "meat proxy". In fact, I'm tempted to keep ask the question "Are you being a meat proxy?" the next time someone sends me something, a question or a reply, that is so obviously just a copy/paste from their chatbot.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity
I feel this so much. I wish the people who need to read this would read this.
The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us
Good article about the gulf that does seem to exist between the hype around AI in business, and the actual benefits.
Very Average Prototypes
Interesting article about some of the downsides of working with AI to create code. Says a few things I've also been saying about my journey with BlogMore.
The AI Compass
I got "The Skeptic"
The Jqwik Anti-AI Affair
The Jqwik author's perspective on their Markdown-based "malware".
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy
Interesting take on the two "sides" of the debate about AI.
Potentially Useful | Hating AI in 2026
Kind of hard to argue with the content of this.
The Eternal Sloptember
This post more or less reads like how I feel. The author seems to have had more problems with the generated code than I have, possibly, but I know where they're coming from and feel the same sense of concern.
Is AI Profitable Yet?
I mean, for Nvidia, I guess?
The AI water issue is fake
Summary: The water usage of AI data centres is not a significant environmental issue. While data centres do use water, primarily for cooling, their water consumption is minimal compared to other industries and daily activities. The concern is often based on misconceptions and misleading statistics, rather than a comprehensive understanding of the data and the broader context of water usage.
I see this brought up a lot, and while I understand the concern, I'm always a litle skeptical that it's what people trot out. Keeping this so I can refer back to it, and for further investigation.
Don't Outsource Your Understanding
The article highlights the dangers of “cognitive surrender,” where individuals rely heavily on AI-generated content without proper verification. This phenomenon is evident in various fields, including law, software development, and academia, leading to errors, misinformation, and a lack of understanding. The author emphasises the importance of staying engaged in the cognitive loop, actively verifying AI outputs, and understanding the underlying processes to ensure the quality and reliability of work.
Your Ai Hate Is Showing
A similiar post to one I also wrote recently, but from a slightly different angle. tl;dr: the most extreme of AI haters are just as bad as, and make just as stupid claims as, the most extreme of AI lovers.
Jade (@JadedBlueEyes@tech.lgbt)
Cloudflare caught doing... not great things, and it seems that (surprise face!) AI was at the heart of it.
Vibe coder's gonna vibe code.
Don't fall into the anti-AI hype
Most of what I'm seeing related to "AI" I hate. I'm also fed up with the whole vibe-coding thing and folk who should know better hyping it up. On the other hand I recognise that there's utility to these tools, even (and perhaps especially) as a software developer.
I sense this blog post has some sensible things to say on the subject.
Why “Everyone Dies” Gets AGI All Wrong
"Everyone Dies" is on my to-read list. From what I've seen it sounds pretty alarmist, but also that feels like that's the point. This article seems pretty negative on it (not that I've read the article at the time of saving this) so I'm keeping a link to this to read at some point in the future, once I've read the book.
Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong
There's folk I know who seem to thnk they're experts on how the immune system works, and who offer terrible unsolicited advice any time someone has a cold, or the flu, or whatever. It almost always relates to crap based off their own health-freak bias founded in ignorance.
This should be a good article to start with to tackle such bollocks.
I fact-checked Ben Shapiro so you don’t have to
An entertaining takedown of some Ben Shapiro nonsense.