
Friendly Fire
By Dr David Meridian @chainofconsciousness Let me say the unfashionable thing first, because everything else hangs on it: AI is a force multiplier, and the only real constraint on it is you. For two years the clever take has been to explain why it isn’t good enough. Not as fast as a senior hand, not as careful, not as real. Listen closely and most of those verdicts are wearing a costume. “The tool is weak” is usually “I haven’t learned to aim it yet”, and dismissing the tool costs less than admitting that. So we dismiss the tool. ...