Tag: software

De-Enshittify and Remove AI

Posted on Posted in AI, Development, Technology

This will be a living document for me to record and save all the methods I’ve used to remove AI from search, browsers, software and other aspects of my digital life, in the cases where it’s getting in my way. I honestly can’t believe how much it’s being shoved down our throats and how hard it’s getting to keep my kids from being slowly enveloped by this molasses of “don’t think, we’ll do it for you” and “don’t look at what other humans have made, let us summarize and recreate it for you.” No thanks.

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Let’s Talk About: Coercive Software Design

Posted on Posted in Development

We become developers with the understanding that our mission with the software we create is to meet the needs of users. But what happens when the software we create is being used to change or coerce the behaviour of users, rather than help them work, play and behave the way they want to? What are the ethical considerations of developing software that tries to manipulate users? Where does the profit-driven motivation go too far?

Coercive: using force to persuade people to do things that they are unwilling to do. (Cambridge Dictionary)

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