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Vibe coding democratized shipping without democratizing the accountability. The 18,000 users absorbed the downside of a risk they didn't know they were taking.
by melecas 7mo ago
Vibe coding democratized shipping without democratizing the accountability. The 18,000 users absorbed the downside of a risk they didn't know they were taking.
- andersmurphy 7mo agoWith the power of LLMs anyone can make and sell foot guns.
- shimman 7mo agoI don't think you know what democracy means, democracy means that users can reject poorly made apps. If you can't reject or destroy something, it's not a democratic process. Having someone dump shitty wares onto the public is only democracy if you think being held unaccountable as democratic.
- SetTheorist 7mo agoOne of the meanings of the word "democratization" is "the action of making something accessible to everyone", which is clearly the sense meant here.
- dizhn 7mo agoIt has a more broad meaning of sharing like when a factory is dumping waste in a river, they are democratizing pollution. (i.e they get the benefits but everybody pays the cost.)
- warkdarrior 7mo agoI believe the phrase is "socialize the risk, privatize the profits". I have never heard used with the word "democratize".
- dizhn 7mo agoI think I encountered in Chomsky's writings but I might be wrong.