@emilymbender@dair-community.social
2026-09-21 20:42 UTC
The word of the day is: "unleash"
I've been seeing a lot of "unleashing AI", "unleashing expertimentation (with AI)", and even ostensibly critical "OpenAI unleashed ChatGPT on the world with no one's consent".
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@emilymbender@dair-community.social 2026-09-21 20:43
But please pause for a moment and think about what metaphors "unleash" rests on. What do we put leashes on? (Mostly dogs) Why do we keep dogs on leashes? (To keep them from running off and hurting themselves, other animals, or people.) So when you talk about "unleashing" a software system, what properties does that framing attribute to the system? >>