Questioning the frame of inevitability in use of AI

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A critical essay arguing that LLMs produce forgeries rather than authentic work, and that the 'inevitability' framing around AI adoption is a manufactured narrative. The author draws parallels between AI-generated code and forgery, arguing that vibe-coding degrades software craft, burdens open source maintainers with low-quality contributions, and creates plausible deniability around intellectual property. The piece contends that real attribution is technically impossible with current LLMs, and that AI output should be treated as a forgery unless proven otherwise. It also notes that video games are one market where consumers have successfully pushed back against unlabeled AI content.

The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying