Andrew Tam
@andrewtam
Andrew Tam
obvious now that the inevitable result of every public timeline being taken over by ai slop will be a return to highly personal, small networks of highly curated content
algorithmic timelines are over now, our bodies are growing immune to them. it’s all “elite media”
the stuff you joke about (even ironically or whatever) has a way of shaping your reality so be careful and deliberate with that stuff. a lot of people out here fumbling their own bags by joking about outcomes they don’t want. you might as well joke about the outcomes you do want
i think a lot about how user interfaces simply help us understand what the computer is doing
now, the computers can understand us
Good design is no longer good enough
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