Shimmy Says
Humanity vs. The Algorithm: Why Bots Shouldn’t Write Our Future | Shimmy Says Ep. 48
19m
Up Next in Season 1
-
Do AI Agents Need to Be Intelligent t...
Do AI agents actually need to be intelligent?
Or do they just need to get the job done?We’ve spent months arguing about whether AI truly “understands” anything. Whether it has a mind. Whether it’s just autocomplete dressed up in confidence.
Meanwhile, inside real companies, AI agents are draft...
-
Blaming the Internet Is Like Blaming ...
🪞 Blaming the internet for what’s wrong with society is like blaming the mirror because you don’t like what you see.
Platforms optimize for engagement.
Engagement rewards outrage.
Incentives drift toward shareholders.Cory Doctorow calls it enshittification.
The uncomfortable truth is this.
Th... -
AI and the Scarlet Letter | Shimmy Sa...
This week on Shimmy Says, we’re talking about the scarlet letter we’ve stamped on AI-generated work.
The funny part?
It has almost nothing to do with quality and everything to do with fear.
What that hesitation means for DevOps teams, engineering culture, and how work gets done is at the center o...
