Hey @doctorow
, enshittification is a serious problem, but don’t just blame the tech companies for it. E.g., spam in all its forms is not their fault, legacy media have self-enshittified, science has been thoroughly enshittified by bean counting, etc.
ETHICS
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Enshittification Beyond Tech: Media Science and Industry Decay
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Will AI Make Us Better Or Worse?
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Will AI Make Us Better Or Worse?
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Emotionally partitioned AI agents switch personas for different audiences
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You compartmentalize your emotions, why not your AI?
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Stanford researchers used AI to analyze Google Street View images across 16 states, revealing a troubling pattern: 37% of damaged buildings in poor areas became empty lots for years, while 82% in wealthy areas were rebuilt bigger and better.
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Harari predicts AI may end human authorship within decades
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“No way. Did he actually say that?” I stopped the treadmill and rewound the YouTube podcast. There was Yuval Noah Harari – author of Sapiens & Homo Deus, saying, “I have a 50% bet that my next book could actually be my last, because after that I don't think I'll be able to
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Can We Trust AI Therapists? 2025’s Top AI Stories
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Third-person perspective reduces authenticity in communication
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The more you look at yourself from a third-person perspective when speaking, the less authentic your communication.
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Stanford HAI Experts Predict 2026 Focus on AI Rigor and Utility
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