Reading up on Bryan Cantrill
3 deep · digging since jan 09
- I Don’t Want to Read What You Didn’t Write
The author argues AI-generated writing lacks context and humanity, making it unreadable, and advocates using AI only as a verification aid while valuing authentic human writing.
- The contagion of fear
The author argues AI alone won’t cause near‑term extinction, stressing that human actors remain the primary risk because AI still relies on human labor and infrastructure.
- LLM predictions for 2026, shared with Oxide and Friends
Simon Willison predicts LLMs will write undeniably good code in 2026, sandboxing will be solved, and a coding agent security disaster is imminent.