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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ricmac ("Richard MacManus") wrote:
If by “hard tech” they mean “hard to stomach”, that would be more accurate. I do agree this is absolutely the next big era after Web 2.0, and I find AI tools to be generally useful, but the hype (exemplified by X users), callousness of big cos (massive job losses, and also what Google is doing to publishers) and the dehumanization around this tech is all very worrying. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/ai-silicon-valley-hard-tech.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.bk8.t0w-.jiIF3FBqqrfO&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare