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With AI, are we automating? Or are we delegating?
We keep trying to automate with LLMs. We’re actually delegating, and pretending otherwise makes us bad at it.
I’m John Williams
I build for the web and write about our digital culture. Posts here tend to be about whatever’s caught my attention. That usually means front-end development or the intersection of technology and the humanities, but sometimes other stuff sneaks in.
I also run a weekly lyrics guessing-game, because not everything has to be serious.
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Guess you’d expect to catch the crew rhymin’
Never let you down with the stereo sound
- Remaining:
- 3 of 10 lyrics to identify
- Leading:
- Frodis Caper with 3 guesses
Amazon Strolls Into Mordor
They ignored the obvious risks, but now the risks have become consequences and they’re looking for someone else to blame.
Mercatr, and what it’s there for
Using AI to build an anti-algorithmic music recommendation engine
1969 Had Terrible Lyrics Too
In defense of Jack Harlow and “Lovin’ On Me”
Art sources
Good places to find free(ish) artwork for blog posts.
Ghost (and back again)
After years of running static sites, I had a brief flirtation with a hosted service.
AI wants to do your work. Ask it to teach you instead.
What happens when you ask AI to slow you down instead of speed you up?
How to pronounce GIF
Possible spoiler: I don’t have an easy answer for you.
Doctor Who and the Highest Stakes
Doctor Who has come a long way in sixty years of storytelling. Perhaps it has come too far.
Recent Friday 10 Games
A man cuts in half
Just like he snaps a pencil
10 of 10 guessed
Ours is not to reason why
These are the days of a different paradigm
7 of 10 guessed
I Can’t Stand the Rain
Against My Window
8 of 10 guessed