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Anil Dash
@anildash.com

I don’t think there’s a single serious critic who says AI’s not useful? The concerns I see are about content rights, worker impacts, environmental effects, epistemological threats, or media manipulation. But that’s all predicated on the idea that it *does* work, often too well for people to manage…

Kevin Roose@kevinroose.com

The NYT Magazine asked me and @caseynewton.bsky.social to open their AI issue by talking about how we use AI, why it's not going away, and how you can't be a serious critic if you're in denial about how useful it is. Bluesky's gonna love this one! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...

Orion
@orion5a.bsky.social

I think the criticisms are more predicated on the fact that a lot of people are using it and/or promoting its use, whether it’s useful for the purposes they're using or promoting it for or not.

Anil Dash
@anildash.com

That’s valid! There are a shitload of dishonest people hyping this stuff. Which is why responding with intellectual dishonesty is a bad idea. Lay people should have one set of advocates they can trust.

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Orion
@orion5a.bsky.social

Absolutely. People also need a critical thinking framework to assess AI uses. We often jump to ethical considerations before even looking at practicality. When people regurgitate tech bro hype, I try to focus on the actual tools and workflows they are using and if they're even useful.