“Evig solskinn i et plettfritt sinn” er tittlen på filmen hvor Jim Carrey spiller Joel Barish. Hvor Joel, etter å ha erfart at sin kjære har mistet alle minner, bestemmer seg for å gjøre det samme. Dette med å velge å tømme sinnet sitt er noe jeg stadig kommer jeg tilbake til når jeg snakker med og hører på folk i teknologi bransjen. Jeg skal forsøke å forklare hvorfor, så heng med.

Online scammers, the mob and AI companies all have many things in common than what first meets the eye. These seemingly different businesses operate with a shared philosophy when it comes to how to run their operations. Their reasons for adopting it are different, but they all leverage the same mechanism. Capitalisms process of alienation. Gotta keep’em separated # In addition to being a song from a mediocre punk band from the late 90ies, this is also a pillar in how capitalism works.

«Everyone» uses AI for coding, at least that’s what people on stages and in social media wants you to believe. It is a train we all need to get on in order to not be left at the station. Developer relations folks from the tech monopolies are spreading a message of fear, where you get on or become unemployable. They serve up images of the infamous “COBOL developer” (who by the way most likely make more money than most, and in general has significant leverage since their skills are rare to come by), saying this will be you if you don’t get onboard now.

“Åssen går det?” er en frase jeg pleide åpne samtaler med folk jeg møter og som ofte skapte en bra start. Det kommer automatisk og var en helt naturlig ting å åpne med. Jeg gjør ikke det lenger, fordi jeg vet mange jeg møter av åpenbare grunner ikke har det veldig bra om dagen og det er dermed et tåpelig spørsmål. Det er også en egoistisk grunn til at jeg ikke åpner møter med andre slik lengre.

“How can I protest against Google / Microsoft / Meta / Amazon? I use their stuff all the time.” People in tech - 2024 The quote is something that I hear a lot from people working the technology industry. The feeling that you can not protest against against these companies direct involvement in the genocide in occupied Palestine without being a hypocrite. Let’s look into where these feelings come from, and why this idea is just plain wrong.