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The Future of Work and the AI Creativity Delusion
It says much about our current moment that “slop” is Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year. Seems mediocrity is having a moment. In this moment, a delusion has taken hold, centered on AI and the future of work: the AI creativity delusion. For the past couple of years, companies and influencers have told us the Read more
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Technological Immodesty and Its Devaluation of Everything
In the current landscape of technology hype, technological immodesty underpins everything. Hype trumps everything else, meaning systems can’t be just good at one thing. They need to be good at everything. Systems can’t just be capable. They need to be superintelligent. Once this happens, imagine all of the amazing things they’ll do! We don’t have Read more
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AI-as-Entertainment: Sloputainment and Next-Generation Time Wasting
Humans are incredibly creative, especially when it comes to wasting time. Throughout the ages, we’ve explored time-wasting with zeal, inventing new methods and distractions to pass the time and avoid contemplation. In the current age, that tool is generative AI. Generative AI has transformed not into an indispensable productivity tool, but into a babysitter. While Read more
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Self-Inflicted Threats and the Misnomer of AI Security
AI security is a hot topic in the world of cybersecurity. If you don’t believe me, a brief glance at LinkedIn uncovers that everyone is an AI security expert now. This is why we end up with overly complex and sometimes nonsensical recommendations regarding the topic. But in the bustling market of thought leadership and Read more
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Yippee Ki-Yay: Risk Over Reward in the AI Dumpster Fire Rodeo
The past couple of years have been fueled entirely by vibes. Awash with nonsensical predictions and messianic claims that AI has come to deliver us from our tortured existence. Starting shortly after the launch of ChatGPT, internet prophets have claimed that we are merely six months away from major impacts and accompanying unemployment. GPT-5 was Read more
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The Architects of Devaluation: The AI Slop Architecture and Its Acolytes
Weaved through the fabric of the hustle-bro culture, threaded with the drivel of influencers, lies one of the biggest cons of our current age. This is the false perception that everything we do has to be for some financial gain or public attention. With everything in life revolving around social currency or actual currency, removing Read more
