AI's dark pattern: when building is easy, you build everything
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to me, that's the dark pattern. of AI is that it reduces the build friction down so low that you do start building everything. And the world wasn't meant for everything to be built.
Episode 264: Podcast Plebicide (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:45:56 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
The 'dream, build' cycle isn't a loop, it's a path. How hard the path is (uphill, around rocks, through deep water) helps you decide whether something is worth continuing. AI's dark pattern is that it drops build friction so low that you build everything, but the world was only meant for things that contribute something positive.
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Episode 264: Podcast Plebicide (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:45:19 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
a loop. It's a straight... It's a path. And the path may go uphill. It may go around a bunch of rocks. It may go through deep water.
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