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Tech companies, at least those who weren't founded on AI, have a significant number of people internally who have exactly the opinions in this blog post. Outsi

Tech companies, at least those who weren't founded on AI, have a significant number of people internally who have exactly the opinions in this blog post. Outside of the tech ecosystem, most people I encounter either don't care about AI, or are vaguely positive (and using it to write emails/etc). There are exceptions, writers and artists for example, but they're in the minority. To be clear, I'm also not seeing "normal" people raving about it much either, but most people really do not share the opinion of this post. I realise it may not seem like it, but most big tech companies are not designing for high earning valley software engineers because they are not a big market. They're designing for the world, and the world hasn't made its mind up about AI yet.

baobun 1y ago
Counter-point: Dark patterns are also pervasive in more niche applocations including B2Bs targeting tech startups. Some of it is culturally endemic. Obsession with one-size-fits-all, metrics-driven development, and UX excusively aiming for the lowest common denominators are also part of this problematic incentive structure you allude to. > I'm also not seeing "normal" people raving about it much either, but most people really do not share the opinion of this post. I don't think the "we" here was intended to include the general population.
- daemin 1y ago
  Could the current use of "AI" also be considered a dark pattern? In the way that dark patterns get you to use/pay for a product/service that you might not want to, but are too confused, frustrated, or the cost/time tradeoff is not worth it to understand how to stop using/paying for the product/service. In terms of "AI" in products/services this would be the way that using such an assistant atrophies your skills and knowledge so that you become dependent on the product/service.

baobun 1y ago

Counter-point: Dark patterns are also pervasive in more niche applocations including B2Bs targeting tech startups. Some of it is culturally endemic. Obsession with one-size-fits-all, metrics-driven development, and UX excusively aiming for the lowest common denominators are also part of this problematic incentive structure you allude to. > I'm also not seeing "normal" people raving about it much either, but most people really do not share the opinion of this post. I don't think the "we" here was intended to include the general population.

daemin 1y ago
Could the current use of "AI" also be considered a dark pattern? In the way that dark patterns get you to use/pay for a product/service that you might not want to, but are too confused, frustrated, or the cost/time tradeoff is not worth it to understand how to stop using/paying for the product/service. In terms of "AI" in products/services this would be the way that using such an assistant atrophies your skills and knowledge so that you become dependent on the product/service.