Hackers' Pub

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William J. Bowman @wilbowma@types.pl

3/18/2026, 1:15:00 AM

Public

I think if I spend any more time on this, I'll risk doing more harm than good: new blog post on "AI" and ethics.

https://www.williamjbowman.com/blog/2026/03/13/against-vibes-part-2-ought-you-use-a-generative-model/

Against Vibes Part 2: Ought You Use a Generative Model

Since the wide-spread availability and forced deployment of generative models, people have argued about the ethics using them. Many arguments have been presented to argue that they're _bad_: they use too much electricity, boil the oceans, massively infrin...

www.williamjbowman.com

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