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AI Can't Replace Us – We Know Too Much

usher.dev
2 points·by tom_usher·letztes Jahr·0 comments

Kill your Feeds – Stop letting algorithms dictate what you think

usher.dev
837 points·by tom_usher·letztes Jahr·313 comments

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tom_usher
·vor 12 Monaten·discuss
I definitely appreciate all the work that has gone in to LiteLLM but it doesn't take much browsing through the 7000+ line `utils.py` to see where using it could become problematic (https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/litellm/utils.p...)
tom_usher
·letztes Jahr·discuss
Seems to be a change in Cloudflare's managed WAF ruleset - any site using that will have URLs containing 'camel' blocked due to the 'Apache Camel - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2025-29891' (a9ec9cf625ff42769298671d1bbcd247) rule.

That rule can be overridden if you're having this issue on your own site.
tom_usher
·letztes Jahr·discuss
Thanks, this is an important nuance. Recommendation algorithms are absolutely useful, and if you're so inclined you can absolutely make them work for you, but this is about making educated, conscious decisions about what you click next in your 'Related videos' section.

Algorithmic feeds don't give us that opportunity - they're designed to require minimal effort and to keep the dopamine coming without any conscious decisions.
tom_usher
·letztes Jahr·discuss
Great point. I'm personally trying linkblogging and following other link blogs inspired by Simon Willison [1].

The more people that do this the more we can start rebuilding networks of people we trust and still retain control over the diversity of our sources.

1: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/
tom_usher
·letztes Jahr·discuss
I was definitely influenced to write this by Alec's excellent video which I recommend everyone watch.

I'd hoped it would be a way to share my own opinions on it, summarise my own personal concerns, as well as adding my own recommendations - but totally appreciate if you feel it is derivative, and I appreciate the call out. As a big Technology Connections fan I certainly don't intend to steal his work.

It's also intended as something you can link to your friends and family that might be a little more digestible than a 30 minute video.