"When you are paying by the "pull of the handle," the vendor's incentive is not to solve your problem with a single pull, but to give the appearance of progress towards solving your problem."
Working with #AI as gambling: another thought-provoking reflection by Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs)
https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/16/jackpot/#salience-bias
Alberto Cottica
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2025-08-16 14:59:49 UTC
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