#charlesstross — Public Fediverse posts

#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176

#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176

#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176

#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176

#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176

@ncrav

Charlie Stross fan, I'm guessing?

#CharlesStross

@ncrav

Charlie Stross fan, I'm guessing?

#CharlesStross

@ncrav

Charlie Stross fan, I'm guessing?

#CharlesStross

@ncrav

Charlie Stross fan, I'm guessing?

#CharlesStross

@ncrav

Charlie Stross fan, I'm guessing?

#CharlesStross

The Laundry Roleplaying Game Second Edition: Operative’s Handbook Reviewed

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://thegaminggang.com/our_reviews/the-laundry-roleplaying-game-second-edition-operatives-handbook-reviewed

It's my monthly sci-fi bookgroup tonight from 6pm in @thegamerclub #Glasgow

This month's topic/author is @cstross but no need to have read anything/be prepared. Just come along and enjoy some geeky chat and a glass of wine/beer/tea.

RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314991501/

#CharlesStross #geeksocial

It's my monthly sci-fi bookgroup tonight from 6pm in @thegamerclub #Glasgow

This month's topic/author is @cstross but no need to have read anything/be prepared. Just come along and enjoy some geeky chat and a glass of wine/beer/tea.

RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314991501/

#CharlesStross #geeksocial

It's my monthly sci-fi bookgroup tonight from 6pm in @thegamerclub #Glasgow

This month's topic/author is @cstross but no need to have read anything/be prepared. Just come along and enjoy some geeky chat and a glass of wine/beer/tea.

RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314991501/

#CharlesStross #geeksocial

It's my monthly sci-fi bookgroup tonight from 6pm in @thegamerclub #Glasgow

This month's topic/author is @cstross but no need to have read anything/be prepared. Just come along and enjoy some geeky chat and a glass of wine/beer/tea.

RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314991501/

#CharlesStross #geeksocial

It's my monthly sci-fi bookgroup tonight from 6pm in @thegamerclub #Glasgow

This month's topic/author is @cstross but no need to have read anything/be prepared. Just come along and enjoy some geeky chat and a glass of wine/beer/tea.

RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/the-glasgow-geeks/events/314991501/

#CharlesStross #geeksocial

There is a sub-genre of isekai (異世界, other world) which involves arbitrage between the world of today and the historical/fantasy other world.

• (Charles Stross, The Merchant Princes) A clan of secretive world-walkers have been using their abilities to build an empire spanning two worlds. An American gets unexpectedly drawn into intra-clan conflict, the U.S. government's covetousness, and the irrationality in assuming there is a highest natural number.

• (FUNA, #Saving80000Gold for My Retirement) After receiving a blessing which saved her life, diminutive teenage orphan Mitsuha decides to amass a fortune sufficient to retire to either world. Luxury-obsessed nobles, plucky young villagers, and a company of flexible-minded modern mercenaries help her establish a foothold.

• (Makishima Suzuki, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!) Since childhood Kazuhiro would dream of a fantasy world. When he and and elf are killed while exploring, he learns that his dreams are real and falling asleep or dying allows him and the person he is touching to move back and forth. Cultural and economic exchange transpires.

• (Ren Eguchi, #CampfireCookingInAnotherWorld with My Absurd Skill) The absurd skill is Amazon (actually Online Supermarket).

• (Hiiro Shimotsuki, Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want!) Pretty on the nose.

• (Hirukuma, #RebornAsAVendingMachine, I Now Wander the Dungeon) A sapient vending machine accepts coins in a magical world to restock with items and upgrades from our modern world and the main character's love of Japanese vending machine culture.

#Isekai #LitRPG #LightNovel #Arbitrage #Economics #SciFi #Fantasy #CharlesStross #TheMerchantPrinces #FUNA #WelcomeToJapanMsElf

There is a sub-genre of isekai (異世界, other world) which involves arbitrage between the world of today and the historical/fantasy other world.

• (Charles Stross, The Merchant Princes) A clan of secretive world-walkers have been using their abilities to build an empire spanning two worlds. An American gets unexpectedly drawn into intra-clan conflict, the U.S. government's covetousness, and the irrationality in assuming there is a highest natural number.

• (FUNA, #Saving80000Gold for My Retirement) After receiving a blessing which saved her life, diminutive teenage orphan Mitsuha decides to amass a fortune sufficient to retire to either world. Luxury-obsessed nobles, plucky young villagers, and a company of flexible-minded modern mercenaries help her establish a foothold.

• (Makishima Suzuki, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!) Since childhood Kazuhiro would dream of a fantasy world. When he and and elf are killed while exploring, he learns that his dreams are real and falling asleep or dying allows him and the person he is touching to move back and forth. Cultural and economic exchange transpires.

• (Ren Eguchi, #CampfireCookingInAnotherWorld with My Absurd Skill) The absurd skill is Amazon (actually Online Supermarket).

• (Hiiro Shimotsuki, Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want!) Pretty on the nose.

• (Hirukuma, #RebornAsAVendingMachine, I Now Wander the Dungeon) A sapient vending machine accepts coins in a magical world to restock with items and upgrades from our modern world and the main character's love of Japanese vending machine culture.

#Isekai #LitRPG #LightNovel #Arbitrage #Economics #SciFi #Fantasy #CharlesStross #TheMerchantPrinces #FUNA #WelcomeToJapanMsElf

There is a sub-genre of isekai (異世界, other world) which involves arbitrage between the world of today and the historical/fantasy other world.

• (Charles Stross, The Merchant Princes) A clan of secretive world-walkers have been using their abilities to build an empire spanning two worlds. An American gets unexpectedly drawn into intra-clan conflict, the U.S. government's covetousness, and the irrationality in assuming there is a highest natural number.

• (FUNA, #Saving80000Gold for My Retirement) After receiving a blessing which saved her life, diminutive teenage orphan Mitsuha decides to amass a fortune sufficient to retire to either world. Luxury-obsessed nobles, plucky young villagers, and a company of flexible-minded modern mercenaries help her establish a foothold.

• (Makishima Suzuki, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!) Since childhood Kazuhiro would dream of a fantasy world. When he and and elf are killed while exploring, he learns that his dreams are real and falling asleep or dying allows him and the person he is touching to move back and forth. Cultural and economic exchange transpires.

• (Ren Eguchi, #CampfireCookingInAnotherWorld with My Absurd Skill) The absurd skill is Amazon (actually Online Supermarket).

• (Hiiro Shimotsuki, Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want!) Pretty on the nose.

• (Hirukuma, #RebornAsAVendingMachine, I Now Wander the Dungeon) A sapient vending machine accepts coins in a magical world to restock with items and upgrades from our modern world and the main character's love of Japanese vending machine culture.

#Isekai #LitRPG #LightNovel #Arbitrage #Economics #SciFi #Fantasy #CharlesStross #TheMerchantPrinces #FUNA #WelcomeToJapanMsElf

There is a sub-genre of isekai (異世界, other world) which involves arbitrage between the world of today and the historical/fantasy other world.

• (Charles Stross, The Merchant Princes) A clan of secretive world-walkers have been using their abilities to build an empire spanning two worlds. An American gets unexpectedly drawn into intra-clan conflict, the U.S. government's covetousness, and the irrationality in assuming there is a highest natural number.

• (FUNA, #Saving80000Gold for My Retirement) After receiving a blessing which saved her life, diminutive teenage orphan Mitsuha decides to amass a fortune sufficient to retire to either world. Luxury-obsessed nobles, plucky young villagers, and a company of flexible-minded modern mercenaries help her establish a foothold.

• (Makishima Suzuki, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!) Since childhood Kazuhiro would dream of a fantasy world. When he and and elf are killed while exploring, he learns that his dreams are real and falling asleep or dying allows him and the person he is touching to move back and forth. Cultural and economic exchange transpires.

• (Ren Eguchi, #CampfireCookingInAnotherWorld with My Absurd Skill) The absurd skill is Amazon (actually Online Supermarket).

• (Hiiro Shimotsuki, Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want!) Pretty on the nose.

• (Hirukuma, #RebornAsAVendingMachine, I Now Wander the Dungeon) A sapient vending machine accepts coins in a magical world to restock with items and upgrades from our modern world and the main character's love of Japanese vending machine culture.

#Isekai #LitRPG #LightNovel #Arbitrage #Economics #SciFi #Fantasy #CharlesStross #TheMerchantPrinces #FUNA #WelcomeToJapanMsElf

There is a sub-genre of isekai (異世界, other world) which involves arbitrage between the world of today and the historical/fantasy other world.

• (Charles Stross, The Merchant Princes) A clan of secretive world-walkers have been using their abilities to build an empire spanning two worlds. An American gets unexpectedly drawn into intra-clan conflict, the U.S. government's covetousness, and the irrationality in assuming there is a highest natural number.

• (FUNA, #Saving80000Gold for My Retirement) After receiving a blessing which saved her life, diminutive teenage orphan Mitsuha decides to amass a fortune sufficient to retire to either world. Luxury-obsessed nobles, plucky young villagers, and a company of flexible-minded modern mercenaries help her establish a foothold.

• (Makishima Suzuki, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!) Since childhood Kazuhiro would dream of a fantasy world. When he and and elf are killed while exploring, he learns that his dreams are real and falling asleep or dying allows him and the person he is touching to move back and forth. Cultural and economic exchange transpires.

• (Ren Eguchi, #CampfireCookingInAnotherWorld with My Absurd Skill) The absurd skill is Amazon (actually Online Supermarket).

• (Hiiro Shimotsuki, Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want!) Pretty on the nose.

• (Hirukuma, #RebornAsAVendingMachine, I Now Wander the Dungeon) A sapient vending machine accepts coins in a magical world to restock with items and upgrades from our modern world and the main character's love of Japanese vending machine culture.

#Isekai #LitRPG #LightNovel #Arbitrage #Economics #SciFi #Fantasy #CharlesStross #TheMerchantPrinces #FUNA #WelcomeToJapanMsElf

Ciao Mondo
Croce o delizia
Inferno o paradiso

(E io non ho potuto fare a meno di pensare a Equoid di #charlesstross - Da noi Equinoide su Delos Digital)

#unicorni #mercatino

Ciao Mondo
Croce o delizia
Inferno o paradiso

(E io non ho potuto fare a meno di pensare a Equoid di #charlesstross - Da noi Equinoide su Delos Digital)

#unicorni #mercatino

Ciao Mondo
Croce o delizia
Inferno o paradiso

(E io non ho potuto fare a meno di pensare a Equoid di #charlesstross - Da noi Equinoide su Delos Digital)

#unicorni #mercatino

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

@welshpixie

This is very cool, and though making or drawing them is not for me, I'm glad these booklets exist!

The curious part of me wants to know if you have the patterns for any of the ones that transport you between alternate timelines 😉

#MerchantPrinces #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #Celtic #CelticKnot #AlternateTimeline

@welshpixie

This is very cool, and though making or drawing them is not for me, I'm glad these booklets exist!

The curious part of me wants to know if you have the patterns for any of the ones that transport you between alternate timelines 😉

#MerchantPrinces #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #Celtic #CelticKnot #AlternateTimeline

@welshpixie

This is very cool, and though making or drawing them is not for me, I'm glad these booklets exist!

The curious part of me wants to know if you have the patterns for any of the ones that transport you between alternate timelines 😉

#MerchantPrinces #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #Celtic #CelticKnot #AlternateTimeline

@welshpixie

This is very cool, and though making or drawing them is not for me, I'm glad these booklets exist!

The curious part of me wants to know if you have the patterns for any of the ones that transport you between alternate timelines 😉

#MerchantPrinces #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #Celtic #CelticKnot #AlternateTimeline

@welshpixie

This is very cool, and though making or drawing them is not for me, I'm glad these booklets exist!

The curious part of me wants to know if you have the patterns for any of the ones that transport you between alternate timelines 😉

#MerchantPrinces #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #Celtic #CelticKnot #AlternateTimeline

My holiday reading was two novels by Charles Stross: one Laundry novel, The Fuller Memorandum, which I read out of sequence, and The Halting State.
They are both fun reads with lots of ideas. The Fuller Memorandum is set in 2008 and was published in 2010; The Halting State was published in 2008 and is set in 2017. The are both quite geeky but The Halting State much more so, it must be the most unashamedly geeky novel I have ever read. I can recommend them both but beware that the Laundry series is about Lovecraftian horrors and magic is just advanced computing; and Halting State is about online gaming. Which I don't do at all, and yet I enjoyed it.
#AmReading #HaveRead #CharlesStross

My holiday reading was two novels by Charles Stross: one Laundry novel, The Fuller Memorandum, which I read out of sequence, and The Halting State.
They are both fun reads with lots of ideas. The Fuller Memorandum is set in 2008 and was published in 2010; The Halting State was published in 2008 and is set in 2017. The are both quite geeky but The Halting State much more so, it must be the most unashamedly geeky novel I have ever read. I can recommend them both but beware that the Laundry series is about Lovecraftian horrors and magic is just advanced computing; and Halting State is about online gaming. Which I don't do at all, and yet I enjoyed it.
#AmReading #HaveRead #CharlesStross

My holiday reading was two novels by Charles Stross: one Laundry novel, The Fuller Memorandum, which I read out of sequence, and The Halting State.
They are both fun reads with lots of ideas. The Fuller Memorandum is set in 2008 and was published in 2010; The Halting State was published in 2008 and is set in 2017. The are both quite geeky but The Halting State much more so, it must be the most unashamedly geeky novel I have ever read. I can recommend them both but beware that the Laundry series is about Lovecraftian horrors and magic is just advanced computing; and Halting State is about online gaming. Which I don't do at all, and yet I enjoyed it.
#AmReading #HaveRead #CharlesStross

My holiday reading was two novels by Charles Stross: one Laundry novel, The Fuller Memorandum, which I read out of sequence, and The Halting State.
They are both fun reads with lots of ideas. The Fuller Memorandum is set in 2008 and was published in 2010; The Halting State was published in 2008 and is set in 2017. The are both quite geeky but The Halting State much more so, it must be the most unashamedly geeky novel I have ever read. I can recommend them both but beware that the Laundry series is about Lovecraftian horrors and magic is just advanced computing; and Halting State is about online gaming. Which I don't do at all, and yet I enjoyed it.
#AmReading #HaveRead #CharlesStross

My holiday reading was two novels by Charles Stross: one Laundry novel, The Fuller Memorandum, which I read out of sequence, and The Halting State.
They are both fun reads with lots of ideas. The Fuller Memorandum is set in 2008 and was published in 2010; The Halting State was published in 2008 and is set in 2017. The are both quite geeky but The Halting State much more so, it must be the most unashamedly geeky novel I have ever read. I can recommend them both but beware that the Laundry series is about Lovecraftian horrors and magic is just advanced computing; and Halting State is about online gaming. Which I don't do at all, and yet I enjoyed it.
#AmReading #HaveRead #CharlesStross

Connected to the EuroCon at the MetropolCon 2026 in Berlin Charles Stross is coming to the OtherlandWe will have a relaxed Tabeltalk with Charlie about the Euro- and MetropolCon, Fantasy, Science Fiction, the end of the world and technology.Wann: 11. 12. 2025 um 19:30 // Wo: Otherland Please register: …

Connected to the EuroCon at the MetropolCon 2026 in Berlin Charles Stross is coming to the OtherlandWe will have a relaxed Tabeltalk with Charlie about the Euro- and MetropolCon, Fantasy, Science Fiction, the end of the world and technology.Wann: 11. 12. 2025 um 19:30 // Wo: Otherland Please register: …

Connected to the EuroCon at the MetropolCon 2026 in Berlin Charles Stross is coming to the OtherlandWe will have a relaxed Tabeltalk with Charlie about the Euro- and MetropolCon, Fantasy, Science Fiction, the end of the world and technology.Wann: 11. 12. 2025 um 19:30 // Wo: Otherland Please register: …

Connected to the EuroCon at the MetropolCon 2026 in Berlin Charles Stross is coming to the OtherlandWe will have a relaxed Tabeltalk with Charlie about the Euro- and MetropolCon, Fantasy, Science Fiction, the end of the world and technology.Wann: 11. 12. 2025 um 19:30 // Wo: Otherland Please register: …

Charles Stross, the author ( @cstross ), posted a new blog entry on why high-level executives at companies are pushing "AI" use so strongly onto their workers, even though empirical studies show negative productivity gains:

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html

This may be more or less implied by what he wrote, but I would add that high-level executives aren't as likely to see the "this thing generated an incorrect answer / solution" aspect of "AI" use because being empirically correct is not as important to the things a high-level executive does. It's more important that they make decisions quickly and get things moving rather than making the correct decisions. [1]

Less charitably, top executives can't tell the "AI" is giving wrong answers, because they don't know the right answers.

[1] Of course it would be best for all if they could make the correct decision quickly, but you can't have everything. Where would you keep it?

#AI #LLM #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #executive #CEO #decision #answer #WrongAnswer #wat #GeorgeCarlin

Charles Stross, the author ( @cstross ), posted a new blog entry on why high-level executives at companies are pushing "AI" use so strongly onto their workers, even though empirical studies show negative productivity gains:

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html

This may be more or less implied by what he wrote, but I would add that high-level executives aren't as likely to see the "this thing generated an incorrect answer / solution" aspect of "AI" use because being empirically correct is not as important to the things a high-level executive does. It's more important that they make decisions quickly and get things moving rather than making the correct decisions. [1]

Less charitably, top executives can't tell the "AI" is giving wrong answers, because they don't know the right answers.

[1] Of course it would be best for all if they could make the correct decision quickly, but you can't have everything. Where would you keep it?

#AI #LLM #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #executive #CEO #decision #answer #WrongAnswer #wat #GeorgeCarlin

Charles Stross, the author ( @cstross ), posted a new blog entry on why high-level executives at companies are pushing "AI" use so strongly onto their workers, even though empirical studies show negative productivity gains:

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html

This may be more or less implied by what he wrote, but I would add that high-level executives aren't as likely to see the "this thing generated an incorrect answer / solution" aspect of "AI" use because being empirically correct is not as important to the things a high-level executive does. It's more important that they make decisions quickly and get things moving rather than making the correct decisions. [1]

Less charitably, top executives can't tell the "AI" is giving wrong answers, because they don't know the right answers.

[1] Of course it would be best for all if they could make the correct decision quickly, but you can't have everything. Where would you keep it?

#AI #LLM #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #executive #CEO #decision #answer #WrongAnswer #wat #GeorgeCarlin

Charles Stross, the author ( @cstross ), posted a new blog entry on why high-level executives at companies are pushing "AI" use so strongly onto their workers, even though empirical studies show negative productivity gains:

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html

This may be more or less implied by what he wrote, but I would add that high-level executives aren't as likely to see the "this thing generated an incorrect answer / solution" aspect of "AI" use because being empirically correct is not as important to the things a high-level executive does. It's more important that they make decisions quickly and get things moving rather than making the correct decisions. [1]

Less charitably, top executives can't tell the "AI" is giving wrong answers, because they don't know the right answers.

[1] Of course it would be best for all if they could make the correct decision quickly, but you can't have everything. Where would you keep it?

#AI #LLM #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #executive #CEO #decision #answer #WrongAnswer #wat #GeorgeCarlin

Charles Stross, the author ( @cstross ), posted a new blog entry on why high-level executives at companies are pushing "AI" use so strongly onto their workers, even though empirical studies show negative productivity gains:

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/12/barnums-law-of-ceos.html

This may be more or less implied by what he wrote, but I would add that high-level executives aren't as likely to see the "this thing generated an incorrect answer / solution" aspect of "AI" use because being empirically correct is not as important to the things a high-level executive does. It's more important that they make decisions quickly and get things moving rather than making the correct decisions. [1]

Less charitably, top executives can't tell the "AI" is giving wrong answers, because they don't know the right answers.

[1] Of course it would be best for all if they could make the correct decision quickly, but you can't have everything. Where would you keep it?

#AI #LLM #CharlesStross #CharlieStross #executive #CEO #decision #answer #WrongAnswer #wat #GeorgeCarlin

Watching United States of Bedlam turning #Trumpland, while reading #charlesstross #thelaundry #labyrinthindex...

What a century, huh?

Watching United States of Bedlam turning #Trumpland, while reading #charlesstross #thelaundry #labyrinthindex...

What a century, huh?

Watching United States of Bedlam turning #Trumpland, while reading #charlesstross #thelaundry #labyrinthindex...

What a century, huh?

Watching United States of Bedlam turning #Trumpland, while reading #charlesstross #thelaundry #labyrinthindex...

What a century, huh?

Watching United States of Bedlam turning #Trumpland, while reading #charlesstross #thelaundry #labyrinthindex...

What a century, huh?

#SciFi
#DystopiaNow
#CharlesStross
#Quotes
#zer0billionaires

#SciFi
#DystopiaNow
#CharlesStross
#Quotes
#zer0billionaires

#SciFi
#DystopiaNow
#CharlesStross
#Quotes
#zer0billionaires

#SciFi
#DystopiaNow
#CharlesStross
#Quotes
#zer0billionaires

#SciFi
#DystopiaNow
#CharlesStross
#Quotes
#zer0billionaires

#SciFi
#DystopiaNow
#CharlesStross
#Quotes
#zer0billionaires