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By now, most people have had experiences with A.I. Not everyone has been impressed. Ben recently said, “I didn’t start really respecting it until I started having it write code for me.”

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft

James Somers

Progressives, shocked by the readiness of half the country to support this hateful man, seized on racism as the single cause and set out to disprove every alternative. But this answer was far too satisfying. Racism is such an irreducible evil that it gave progressives commanding moral heights and relieved them of the burden to understand the grievances of their compatriots down in the lowlands, let alone do something about them. It put Trump voters beyond the pale.

George Packer

theatlantic.com

First, they may need to recognize that velocity without understanding is not sustainable.

How Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern From Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt

Margaret-Anne Storey

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