Johannes Klingebiel
@klingebeil.bsky.social
Designer and researcher. STS & media stuff. Researching Hype. Doing mischief @media-lab.de. Maker of zines. Optimist aus Notwehr. ✨
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I guess, you could generate more then 1.4% by simply forcing people to write meeting notes…
New NBER paper based on a survey of CFOs. Firms report no productivity increases due to AI adoption so far but expect a 1.4% productivity boost over the next 3 years. www.nber.org/papers/w34836
February 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I guess, you could generate more then 1.4% by simply forcing people to write meeting notes…
The big irony is that the tech industry itself is ignorant of its own history: SaaS became a thing because everyone was rolling their own code, which quickly became an unmaintainable mess and a legal liability.
when i hear techie people say everyone should just be self-hosting the digital services they need instead of using centralized platforms, i think of crypto enthusiasts saying everyone needs their own wallet they must personally protect or they lose all they money
February 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The big irony is that the tech industry itself is ignorant of its own history: SaaS became a thing because everyone was rolling their own code, which quickly became an unmaintainable mess and a legal liability.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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The NYT build an interesting LLM system that automatically wades through hours of manosphere podcasts. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-...
How The New York Times uses a custom AI tool to track the “manosphere”
The daily podcast round-up is just one way the Times is adopting in-house AI transcription and summarization tools.
www.niemanlab.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The NYT build an interesting LLM system that automatically wades through hours of manosphere podcasts. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-...
God help me if I have to read “-pilled” one more time.
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 AM
God help me if I have to read “-pilled” one more time.
*puts on STS hat*
Hype can not be true or false, as hype is a dynamic that in itself has already an effect. There are certain clans that might have a some level of truthfulness but these still act as myths, not verifiable claims.
Hype can not be true or false, as hype is a dynamic that in itself has already an effect. There are certain clans that might have a some level of truthfulness but these still act as myths, not verifiable claims.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
*puts on STS hat*
Hype can not be true or false, as hype is a dynamic that in itself has already an effect. There are certain clans that might have a some level of truthfulness but these still act as myths, not verifiable claims.
Hype can not be true or false, as hype is a dynamic that in itself has already an effect. There are certain clans that might have a some level of truthfulness but these still act as myths, not verifiable claims.
Sitting on a juicy "vibecoding is just a rerun of COBOL" take without the time to write it down properly…
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Sitting on a juicy "vibecoding is just a rerun of COBOL" take without the time to write it down properly…
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Working on a print publication or a zine, and want to showcase and sell some of your work? Indiecon in Hamburg is offering a couple of international travel grants! www.indiecon-festival.com/travel-grant...
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Working on a print publication or a zine, and want to showcase and sell some of your work? Indiecon in Hamburg is offering a couple of international travel grants! www.indiecon-festival.com/travel-grant...
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
LLMs are not beating the slot machine allegations hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
LLMs are not beating the slot machine allegations hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
Working on a print publication or a zine, and want to showcase and sell some of your work? Indiecon in Hamburg is offering a couple of international travel grants! www.indiecon-festival.com/travel-grant...
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Working on a print publication or a zine, and want to showcase and sell some of your work? Indiecon in Hamburg is offering a couple of international travel grants! www.indiecon-festival.com/travel-grant...
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
(Very cool event, cool people, and Hamburg in the late summer!)
This thing is a gold mine of curious opinions (mostly Harari's) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Where Is A.I. Taking Us? Eight Leading Thinkers Share Their Visions.
Experts share their thoughts on the future of A.I. and how it will reshape society in the coming years.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This thing is a gold mine of curious opinions (mostly Harari's) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This is a pretty smart way of illustrating the cascading risks of automating research with LLMs and generative systems. www.lindseydewittprat.com/research-ris...
February 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
This is a pretty smart way of illustrating the cascading risks of automating research with LLMs and generative systems. www.lindseydewittprat.com/research-ris...
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useful chart for "deanthropomorphizing" discussions of "AI" firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
useful chart for "deanthropomorphizing" discussions of "AI" firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
“slop slides” www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“slop slides” www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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I wanted to post a related question for a while: since we read about the massive productivity gains w coding / LLMs for a while now:
Which Software you use regularly got meaningfully better in the last year?
Which Software you use regularly got meaningfully better in the last year?
One of those moment were pointing out that code ≠ software and that maintenance is a thing is seemingly warranted. All thing you’d normally expect tech CEOs to understand.
this is one of the dumbest things I've seen in this hype cycle. The entire thing is literally "what if instead of buying software companies build their own software," an egregious misunderstanding only made possible by the continual lies about what generative AI can do
February 5, 2026 at 7:08 AM
I wanted to post a related question for a while: since we read about the massive productivity gains w coding / LLMs for a while now:
Which Software you use regularly got meaningfully better in the last year?
Which Software you use regularly got meaningfully better in the last year?
One of those moment were pointing out that code ≠ software and that maintenance is a thing is seemingly warranted. All thing you’d normally expect tech CEOs to understand.
this is one of the dumbest things I've seen in this hype cycle. The entire thing is literally "what if instead of buying software companies build their own software," an egregious misunderstanding only made possible by the continual lies about what generative AI can do
February 5, 2026 at 7:01 AM
One of those moment were pointing out that code ≠ software and that maintenance is a thing is seemingly warranted. All thing you’d normally expect tech CEOs to understand.
“But time isn’t waiting in a volatile market that is eager to find signs of AI disruption. On top of it all, software companies previously seen as AI winners have recently issued disappointing quarterly reports that cast a further cloud on the sector.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
AI Won’t Kill the Software Business, Just Its Growth Story
Fears that software companies are facing an extinction event are exaggerated, but other dangers are real.
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
“But time isn’t waiting in a volatile market that is eager to find signs of AI disruption. On top of it all, software companies previously seen as AI winners have recently issued disappointing quarterly reports that cast a further cloud on the sector.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...
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Reminder that the Washington Post lost 250,000 subscribers, more than most outlets will ever have, after its decision not to publish an endorsement in the last election. www.npr.org/2024/10/29/n...
That kind of cowardice, not AI or whatever, is what's "drastically reshaping" readers' expectations.
That kind of cowardice, not AI or whatever, is what's "drastically reshaping" readers' expectations.
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Reminder that the Washington Post lost 250,000 subscribers, more than most outlets will ever have, after its decision not to publish an endorsement in the last election. www.npr.org/2024/10/29/n...
That kind of cowardice, not AI or whatever, is what's "drastically reshaping" readers' expectations.
That kind of cowardice, not AI or whatever, is what's "drastically reshaping" readers' expectations.
“Towers are often in secluded areas where it is too dark for cameras to catch criminal activity. He’s considering supergluing an AirTag onto one of the larger copper straps used to ground the tower.” www.cjr.org/news/copper-...
Copper theft is making small radio stations go silent.
“They destroyed a whole outlet for a few hundred dollars.”
www.cjr.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
“Towers are often in secluded areas where it is too dark for cameras to catch criminal activity. He’s considering supergluing an AirTag onto one of the larger copper straps used to ground the tower.” www.cjr.org/news/copper-...
Sooooo Anthropic is giving a big middle finger to OpenAI www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVD...
Is my essay making a clear argument?
YouTube video by Anthropic
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Sooooo Anthropic is giving a big middle finger to OpenAI www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVD...
“[Disclosure: Prior to his election, the author was Councilor Green’s DM in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.]”
This one should be in the hall of fame of journalistic transparency disclaimers www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
This one should be in the hall of fame of journalistic transparency disclaimers www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM
“[Disclosure: Prior to his election, the author was Councilor Green’s DM in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.]”
This one should be in the hall of fame of journalistic transparency disclaimers www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
This one should be in the hall of fame of journalistic transparency disclaimers www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
This discourse is pretty weird, considering most criticism I have seen do very much in detail spell out why AI is considered fake or where it clearly breaks… The nuance in those critiques is then lost pretty quickly (for some reason).
You can totally point out that some aspects of AI are overhyped, you can believe that AGI is not possible, you can criticize how the companies and governments developing AI are using or being coopted by these tools. There is a lot to criticize.
But "it doesn't work and is fake" is just wrong now.
But "it doesn't work and is fake" is just wrong now.
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This discourse is pretty weird, considering most criticism I have seen do very much in detail spell out why AI is considered fake or where it clearly breaks… The nuance in those critiques is then lost pretty quickly (for some reason).
This is a pretty good (thoughtful?) article about… well… a robot barista. www.theverge.com/tech/871350/...
I don’t hate the robot barista like I thought I would
But it still doesn’t compare to a human.
www.theverge.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
This is a pretty good (thoughtful?) article about… well… a robot barista. www.theverge.com/tech/871350/...