bing: “i will not harm you unless you harm me first”

see also: Latency Budget · Platform Risk

ref simonwillison.net Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”

Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” is a pressure test for how this cycle behaves (source). I care less about the headline and more about the constraints it reveals. The interesting part is what defaults this makes feel inevitable.

context + claim

bing: “i will not harm you unless you harm me first” shifts the center of gravity toward a new default. My claim is simple: this is a habit-forming change, not a one-off event. If teams internalize the behavior, the market follows.

causal chain

Trigger workflow adjustment new default, because habits are stickier than roadmaps. New default platform leverage narrowing options for smaller teams.

counter-model

The skeptical read is that this fades as soon as attention moves. That is plausible, but I keep watching whether teams encode it into their routines. Routines are the actual signal.

my take

I am leaning cautious: treat the change as real, but do not calcify it until the operational story holds.

friction point default drift

linkage

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  • tags
    • #general-note
    • #policy
    • #2023
  • related
    • [[Trust in Platforms]]
    • [[RSS Brain]]

ending questions

What would make this feel durable instead of episodic?