NYT reporter calls Wispr Flow 'astonishing'—then says it should be 'murdered with a hammer'
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-07
A New York Times reporter tried the voice dictation tool Wispr Flow, admitted its speed and accuracy were "astonishing," then launched into a diatribe arguing people shouldn't be allowed to use voice dictation, saying he wanted to "murder [it] with a hammer."
Reposter rohanpaul frames this as evidence that the "anti-AI rage virus" is real—and that such anger is the loudest confession that the tool actually works, while lamenting the sorry state of the tech press.
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