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Followup analysis to reception of The Intelligence Illusion. https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/have-i-hardened-against-ai/
"What I hadn’t expected was the reaction of the tech industry, managers, and most journalists ...
It’s as if I outlined the risks of using lead paint in consumer products. ... Then imagine that most of the reactions to the “the risks of lead paint” piece went: “Five per cent cheaper, you say? Interesting. I need to look at using lead paint in our products.”"
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This 👇
"I describe ChatGPT as “the opposite of good software”. As in, it’s not just bad software, it’s as if they wrote up an inventory of what makes software good and then decided for each and every entry in the list to implement the exact opposite in their app and service design."