"Made by humans" hardens from a complaint into infrastructure
Latest Processing Gap
Online, this is processed as taste: a vibe, a backlash, an aesthetic position people hold. In county planning offices it is processed as objections filed, hearings attended, permits refused. The same impulse is a mood in one organ and a hundred and thirty billion dollars of stalled construction in another. The discourse is arguing about whether the feeling is justified while the feeling is already rezoning land.
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Anti-AI sentiment has moved past discourse into labelling practice: "Made by Humans" badges spreading across Substack, the Apple TV series *Pluribus* carrying "This show was made by humans" in its credits, roughly a third of consumers reporting they are less likely to choose a brand using AI-generated advertising. And the part that is not sentiment at all — organised local opposition contributed to 75 major data-centre projects worth over $130 billion being delayed or cancelled in the first quar ...
Online, this is processed as taste: a vibe, a backlash, an aesthetic position people hold. In county planning offices it is processed as objections filed, hearings attended, permits refused. The same impulse is a mood in one organ and a hundred and thirty billion dollars of stalled construction in another. The discourse is arguing about whether the feeling is justified while the feeling is already rezoning land.