If I could, I’d put the mid-2020s AI toothpaste back in the tube.

The loss of craft/expression slant is well trodden. After private grief, I’ve come to terms with it. Agentic tools do have value.

I can’t shake impending dread as the wider AI experiment is conducted on us. There are no guiding principles, guardrails, protections, or incentives to be humane. The messaging is hyperbolic. The profits are huge.

As momentum increases, I can still dream about finding the right syringe to clean it up a bit.