Thanks to @wlknsn.xyz @nsaphra.bsky.social @camerontw.bsky.social @acidrains.bsky.social @afrawang.bsky.social @monteiro.bsky.social and everyone else not on bsky for the writing that made its way into this week's free issue of the Product Picnic!
In 1999, we surfed the Web. Now we comb through it like a fantasy hero. Which posts are treasure, and which are deadly Mimics? What's real, and what's an impersonator trying to steal my attention?
Worse: reading all this bland AI monoculture text leads to us thinking bland AI monoculture thoughts.
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AI hypervigilance is now an omnipresent cognitive load for your users
AI may make your job easier, but that effort has just been shifted onto your users. They are noticing it and they hate it.
