I super agree with Kalynn Bayron, AI should be doing more the stuff people hate than the stuff that brings people joy.
![I don’t get it. Why not focus on getting AI to perform more mundane tasks that don’t require creativity and nuance? Use it to free up time for actual human beings to focus more on the things they love? Pushing for it to write novels, make music, and create art is weird as hell.](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/806/2023/370da5c79d.jpg)
Built a couple Dogsheep utilities this past week to save data into SQLite:
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Doing the holiday party circuit, this really resonated with me.
I’m Thrilled to Announce That Nothing Is Going On with Me by Alex Baia.
I’m kind of obsessed with this zoo in Sweden where 7 of their chimps have escaped and are trying to take over the zoo. The ring leader, Santino, has a pervious history of uprising when he lead his troop in a previous revolt by throwing rock at the zoo visitors.
Clive Thompson writes about what design lessons we can learn from guitar pedals.
Snazzy Labs has an awesome video demoing Apple’s Tools to repair an iPhone 12 Mini. The simple repair, replacing the battery and fixing a broken screen, requires 44kg of tools shipped in two pelican cases. It’s incredibly overkill.