I don't need an app for that – especially not one made by chatbot.
Be more fun at parties – put down your phone.
I was listening to an episode of the Canadian CBC podcast The Current because it was about AI slop in the form of a dangerous recipe chatbot website. Later in the conversation is discussion in general about "vibe coding" which sounds to me like a new word for script kiddies who use chatbots instead of having to search for stuff already coded by someone who knew what they were doing. In the podcast the person promoting vibe coding at least warned about the dangers of, for example, connecting some app to your bank information, but then went on to say he just loves making apps on the fly, such as making an app at a party to organize the party. What? Just use a damn piece of paper! That would be a lot easier, a lot quicker, doesn't need a data center polluting a neighborhood and driving people mad, and isn't subject to surveillance capitalism and the surveillance state.
The scales have tipped on benefit versus harm here overall. I've moved my calendars, and such offline, onto paper. I use multiple size binders and notebooks. Even much of my to do lists and things that aren't strictly online-related. It's bad enough that the streaming device, phones, and who knows what else are listening to us. I do the grocery shopping online and do curbside pickup, but I still have a magnet notepad on the fridge. I also write to people, on paper, through the mail. It's not as addictive as apps which are designed to hook you, but I think it's a lot more satisfying and actually quite practical. It also has advantages when the power is out or the internet is down, which I would expect to be happening more often going forward.
But using chatbots to code an app to decide what people are doing at a party?
Paper is a technology of the future.
I don’t think anyone should assume that’s unreasonable once you hear stuff like this.
