Jeff Fossett
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It’s not a bad question for technology design either. In parenting tech, in AI, in any tool that sits between one person and another — are we building toward genuine encounters with a specific, unpredictable other
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin MorrisThe discomfort of not knowing whether your baby is sleeping “enough,” the awkwardness of asking a classmate for help instead of asking an AI, the tension of disagreeing with a collaborator — these are I-Thou experiences
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin MorrisWhen productivity tools promise to optimize collaboration, they sometimes also remove the productive disagreements and shared uncertainty that make collaboration generative.
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin MorrisIt shows up wherever technology mediates a relationship that used to require tolerance for uncertainty and attunement to a specific other.
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin MorrisThe point here isn’t a simple binary about technology being bad and instinct being good. These tools exist because the conditions of modern parenting can seem genuinely impossible
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin MorrisWhat I kept hearing in these conversations was a technology-mediated slide from I-Thou to I-It
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin MorrisWhen she deleted the app, she had to sit with the uncertainty of being “clueless” — even though her daughter was, by all evidence, fine.
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin Morristhe app had become the authority
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin Morristo shortcut the sometimes uncomfortable process of coming to know one another
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin MorrisRealness, in their world, is something that emerges through relationship: through a specific being engaging with you over time, not perfectly, not efficiently, but persistently. You can’t shortcut it.
The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin Morrisdesign these tools to support human thriving, not just code optimization. The most capable creators of the future won't just be those who can prompt AI most effectively, but those who can collaborate meaningfully, persist through uncertainty, inspire others with their discoveries, and find joy in shared exploration
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingWe're living in an extraordinarily exciting time for rapid prototyping and creative expression. AI coding and education tools have democratized the ability to turn ideas into functioning software in minutes, opening up possibilities that would have taken weeks or months just a few years ago. These efficiency gains and accessibility improvements could transform who gets to participate in creating technology—but we shouldn't sacrifice the messy, social, deeply human process of tinkering together.
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingRather than viewing AI as a replacement for human-to-human learning, I'm working to understand how AI can help us enhance and understand the social dimensions that make learning deeply engaging
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingWhat's particularly powerful in the social “aha” moments is how different types of curiosity interweave. What begins as an individual's uncertainty transforms into collective epistemic curiosity, a shared drive to understand the underlying principles
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingWhen one student expresses uncertainty or poses a challenging question, it can trigger what researchers call “curiosity contagion” - their partner becomes more engaged and willing to delve into uncertainty as well, opening up to reward through risk
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingMake thinking visible: Allow learners to see each other's exploration processes and stumbling blocks, not just final results
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingWhat would it look like to design AI-enhanced learning environments that support social tinkering?
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingHow could we design AI coding tools with the social richness of Processing forums - where you can see others’ thinking processes, build on their discoveries, and learn through explaining your approach to peers?
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingHow do we preserve these dynamics as coding and education become increasingly AI-supported
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingProductive conflict navigation
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingI've found that some of the most powerful moments of learning resilience come from interactions that might initially seem counterproductive: disagreements, challenges, and questions that create productive tension
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-Codingthey still are built around individual work. Students may rapidly iterate, but they do so with AI as their feedback loop, rather than being inspired by others, learning through teaching and showing and participating in critical feedback; developing the social learning skills that make tinkering powerful.
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingIn seconds, the AI generates 30 lines of functioning code. It works immediately - but you haven't built a mental model of how or why; maybe more importantly, you haven’t built the comfort with not-knowing that comes from building something step by step.
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingThis creates massive opportunities for rapid prototyping, but is the absolute opposite of tinkering
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingBut what we gain in efficiency, we may lose in the resilience that comes from struggling and discovering together. Can we prioritize building AI systems that protect the spirit of tinkering
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingAI-powered coding tools, students risk losing exactly what transformed my learning experience
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-Codingsee coding not merely as a means to an end, but as something fascinating and joyful in its own righ
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingConnection to that community transformed my relationship with learning entirely
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingThat tiny spark of agency ignited genuine curiosity
Social Tinkering: Why Collaborative Curiosity Beats Vibe-CodingAnd then I was thinking about Jia Tolentino’s essay from earlier this year, “My Brain Finally Broke,” that starts with her saying that she feels a troubling kind of opacity in my brain lately—as if reality were becoming illegible, as if language were a vessel with holes in the bottom and meaning was leaking all over the floor.
A Leaking American Dream - by Jesse Callahan BryantWeirding AI: Fine-Tuning & RAG for Artists and Poets
Weirding AI: Fine-Tuning & RAG for Artists and Poets with Halim Madi—September 12, 2025 @1PM ETAt some point you’ll get some support behind you. People notice genuine learners.
Learn In PublicPeople think you suck? Good. You agree. Ask them to explain, in detail, why you suck.
Learn In PublicWhich is it? Now, on this issue, I happen to agree with Yglesias and disagree with Dayen. But I think my point here is that it is counterproductive to frame a policy proposal on the grounds that it is more “democratic” because the word, while important, does not mean much concretely (by design!).
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"for the YIMBYs, “Democracy—the ability for the public to express their views on matters that will affect them and get a hearing—isn’t worth the trouble.”
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"there is a fundamental trade-off between the quality of Wikipedia articles and the openness of the editing
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"supposedly “democratic” Community Notes system actually is.
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"When a system is justified as win-win, there is a big danger that those who lose in the system will find a way to delegitimate it in the long
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"A starting point that says, however, that “I want a system for content moderation that is more democratic than technocratic,” does not do much beyond hazily implying some kind of public participation as opposed to expert decision-making. Worse, this makes it sound as if there are no value trade-offs and that there will be no losers in the proposed system
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"A starting point that emphasizes trade-offs can then be implemented and that implementation will probably mostly be left to experts who have an idea of how to build a system to enact these tradeoffs.
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"Here, finally, is a clear-cut statement of values and trade-offs that proponents of Community Notes should emphasize in their public case. It is both more honest and it is also more robust to attacks. It acknowledges that there are trade-offs, and that false negatives are preferred to false positives
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"When we use the term “democratic” in the sense that this framework gives more power to the people, we are just setting it up for failure and delegitimation down the road.
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"If there is a fight, there are regular people and experts on both sides
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"the actual values they prefer to trade off on rather than just claiming that their preferred framework is more “democratic
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"any less “technocratic.”
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"only experts can really get a handle on.
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"I would argue that this argument just sets up the new system for failure and ultimate delegitimation down the road; there is simply no way to design a content moderation system that scales without expert intervention and experts are always going to play a big role in designing it.
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"it is endemic to democracy that some causes win out and others don’t
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"The point of democracy is to remain open to different voices and concerns, to articulate and debate them and act on them. But there will always be different voices and concerns, given that people disagree, and only some will get taken up while others will fail. In other words, there are always going to be disappointed people in a democracy. But they can keep trying.
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"This does not mean however that there is no democracy. It just means that you did not win
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"