AI Is Not a Tool(write.as)
4 points by jslakro | 0 comments
A short write.as essay arguing that AI is not merely a tool because it is autonomous, makes decisions, and can change itself, unlike previous technologies.
#technology-criticism on Hacker News
4 stories tagged technology-criticism, newest first.
The Normalization of Inexplicable Failures(ihatethefuture.com)
246 points by pxx | 99 comments
A blog post on the "i hate the future" tech blog arguing that unexplained technology failures have become normalized, opening with a scene from the show President Curtis.
The Test(tante.cc)
130 points by latexr | 55 comments
A blog post titled "The Test" on tante's Smashing Frames blog, headed by a photo of a gloved hand holding a lab sample tube.
Socrates vs. the Written Word (2011)(wondermark.com)
60 points by spectraldrift | 39 comments
A 2011 Wondermark "True Stuff" post on Socrates' argument in Plato's Phaedrus that writing would harm memory and understanding.