Katherine Argent
@effthealgorithm
Writer. OG blogger. Former attorney & radio journalist. Book in progress: how big tech is selling every inch of your life without your consent.
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This tweet has gone viral and we all know why. No matter what Google claims, people don’t like AI Overviews. No matter what Meta claims, no one wants to watch an endless scroll of AI slop video. And no matter what X claims, only maladjusted creeps like its founder think anime…
My home is near one of the gathering places for a No Kings Day protest. Parking is scarce here even on the best of days, so people are hiking into the site from over a mile away. They’re coming in pairs and small groups. Some brave souls are even arriving on their own. The…
Next step: company managers and leaders realizing they were sold snake oil when they purchased AI tools that are meant to resolve no real issues and it was just a solution looking for a problem all along.
People flock to try the newest thing. It’s our nature. Pointing out the number of downloads an app has doesn’t prove anything — except, perhaps, that you don’t understand people. The metric that matters is ongoing use and Sora is falling flat in that regard. It’s almost like…
google trends for sora does not paint a picture of an app growing exponentially
Sign #1130283 that AI is largely just hype: the inventor of “vibe coding” hand codes because agents can’t do it.
Good question, it's basically entirely hand-written (with tab autocomplete). I tried to use claude/codex agents a few times but they just didn't work well enough at all and net unhelpful, possibly the repo is too far off the data distribution.
You have to use your own best judgment when accepting AI Overviews, too, and most of the time when people do it’s a matter of confirmation bias — “Does the AIO agree with what I already think? Then it’s right.” The problem is, AIOs are often horrifically wrong and the search…
Not great when you have to use your own best judgment when clicking on citations in AI search because so much spam ends up in there 🫠
I use Google a lot for work. I HAVE to skip the AI summary because of the incorrect information printed there. It's a complete waste of time, at best. At worst it's contributing to a potentially dangerous situation in the real world.
A classic Google move is to make the avoidance of something difficult and then claim that when people use the thing it’s proof they like it — when actually it’s just proof we’re all in a hurry. Don’t believe me? Then ask yourself why they disabled the ability to avoid AI…
Its gotten to the point where I just don't believe anything a company claims regarding AI. Saw a commercial for meta's glasses and none of their claims will work like they show.
How strange it is to read about AI “democratizing” the creation process even as we’re watching democracy die in realtime.
I have seen it in school. And in undergrad. I have seen it in graduate school. I have seen it in students. And in professors. Very true observation. Taking advantage of a situation at the right time is a normal human response. Making it the new norm is our failure as a species.
AI appeals to those looking for easy ways to make money with little effort on their part. The natural grifters. The lazy. The ones always on the prowl for a way to take advantage of situations and people. They’re fine with making a handful of fast bucks and having everything…
Dealing with online customer service lately is a waste of time. They’ve turned it over to AI which can’t solve unscripted problems and even claims to be human, but never escalates the request to someone who can help.
Working through my recent experience with insurance and its sickening how much ai is being utilized in the claim process.
AI appeals to those looking for easy ways to make money with little effort on their part. The natural grifters. The lazy. The ones always on the prowl for a way to take advantage of situations and people. They’re fine with making a handful of fast bucks and having everything…
“These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fans tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.” 🔗 futurism.com/artificial-int…
If you’re not paying attention to the actual applications of AI — beyond skanky anime AI girlfriends for incels and dancing cat videos for Boomers — then you’ll have only yourself to blame for living in a police state after democracy does.
Miami-Dade PD just rolled out “PUG” — an AI powered, fully autonomous, self driving patrol car with automated plate readers, thermal vision, and a built in drone that launches from its roof. They’re calling it “the future of law enforcement.” What could possibly go wrong?
I don’t want AI crammed into everything. Want my business? Advertise that you’re AI-free.
When the bubble bursts, the ones who will recover first are those who continued thinking for themselves and didn’t believe the snake oil sellers. They’ll remember how to find information, think critically, and do the work. Everyone else will be wondering how they got taken for…
Over these next few years it's going to become more and more important that you resist letting slop consume you. Keep creating. Keep learning. Keep thinking.
"Slopacalypse" Now: AI Is an Unmitigated Disaster for Society! The profound dangers of AI slop, deepfakes, and disinformation polluting the information ecosystems of the Internet have never been clearer after OpenAI released its video-generation app Sora 2 on September 30. A 🧵.
Are we such a sick society that we can’t see how wrong this is?
The AI future is here! Undress anyone with AI — no consent needed! Steal trademarked IP like Spider-Man with ease! Laws & morals are for Luddites!!
A platform that bans AI? Imagine how popular it would be!
Was just talking about this the other night. The first social media app to either discourage, flag or outright ban AI content is gonna be a huge success. Yes, I know it’s would be difficult to do. And yes, I know most social apps are doubling down in the other direction 🫠🫠
Hey web publishers - THIS is what you're doing to your site when you "optimize for AI chatbots" 🔪🩸 Don't cannibalize your content for a ~1% short term traffic boost Instead, BLOCK AI BOTS & demand AI licensing fees (see next post for an actionable guide)
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