We've Normalized AI Outages, and That Should Bother You
The article discusses the normalization of frequent outages in AI services, which has become a concerning trend in the tech industry. Despite the impressive capabilities of these tools, users have adjusted their expectations to accept unreliability, which could have serious implications for standards in software engineering. The author emphasizes that reliability should be a core value in technology, rather than an afterthought.
- ▪AI services like Claude, Anthropic, and OpenAI experience outages multiple times a week.
- ▪Users have adjusted their expectations to accept these frequent disruptions.
- ▪The author argues that reliability is a culture that should be prioritized in software engineering.
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