I really appreciate all the Mastodon mentions and camaraderie for this essay.

[ratfactor@mastodon.art]

I really appreciate all the Mastodon mentions and camaraderie for this essay. ️ I suppose I really should toot it myself:

https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope2

#programming #computers #socialIdentity

[vascorsd@mastodon.social]

@ratfactor you've put into words things I didn't even realize I needed to say.

Thanks.

It's freaking depressing living through this timeline.

[rysiek@mstdn.social]

@ratfactor thank you for writing this.

[ratfactor@mastodon.art]

@vascorsd It's certainly a hell of a time to be alive.

[shapr@recurse.social]

@ratfactor thank you for writing this. This is a big part of me too.

[ratfactor@mastodon.art]

@rysiek ️

[ratfactor@mastodon.art]

@shapr ️

[munin@mastoart.social]

@ratfactor This really resonated with me as an artist first and an "I am interested in programming and do it sometimes" second. I've had a hard time wording the sense that, aside from all the other issues gen AI brings with it, it also takes away the conscious process of learning and trades it for a slot machine.

Thank you for writing this essay.

[ratfactor@mastodon.art]

@munin Thank you! ️