The NC Museum of Art has a new exhibit, Ancient Nubia. It's full of history & artifacts. I was reminded of how our African ancestors did AMAZING work with their bare hands & basic tools. Gold. Travertine. Crystal. Impressive. Then at the very end, the last room, the esthetic of the items changed.

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People will do many things they don't think are good for them or the world to keep up with their jobs. People will often accept shitty, unwanted substitutes for things they actually want but can't access (a working search engine, a therapist).

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There are many issues that need to be addressed directly, rather than simply citing people's compensatory behaviors as evidence that people want something or that it shouldn't go away.

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The Italian Woman by Henri Matisse, 1916 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137825

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It's not. But adopting the mindset that we cannot stop AI intrusion furthers that very intrusion, a sort of learned helplessness that Big Tech relies upon to create the myth that "AI is inevitable." @tressiemcphd.bsky.social articulates this better than I ever could: www.youtube.com/shorts/lKgrg...

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