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Tressie McMillan Cottom: AI is mid tech for mid tasks. “The use cases for artificial intelligence across every domain of work and life have started to get silly really fast.”

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Jason KottkeMOD

This post made me think of premium mediocre.

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Premium mediocre is food that Instagrams better than it tastes.

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Jason KottkeMOD

More from Cottom in this Bluesky thread (original).

The use cases of the most devoted AI enthusiasts are limited, more than half speculative, and come with massive social consequences. What am I supposed to be excited about exactly?

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