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Ugh another “think-piece”. Can’t wait for these to be generated automatically so we can move on to the next thing. Literally no point here other than “vague br

Ugh another “think-piece”. Can’t wait for these to be generated automatically so we can move on to the next thing. Literally no point here other than “vague broad unexpected content thing is coming” and look at all these “AI generated pictures” and random pieces of evidence. Dumb humans will always get caught up in a web of bullshit and fakery because they always have. One could argue that it isn’t the first time someone or something has hacked people’s minds. Ideologies, religions, technologies have been used countless times by smarter humans to trick dumber humans into giving their shit away. And plenty of smart humans have also always stayed relatively quiet and out of sight knowing better than to make themselves into targets. The internet only reflects those dynamics. The only thing that is changing is that various areas of interest are becoming populated and settled “online”. It all depends on what a given chunk of “internet” is used for, who populates it, and how much they spend on things they get there.

jacooper 4y ago
I dont think you can call HN users dumb, certainly not Technologically dumb, and it worked on them too, an auto generated posts got to the front page.
- scyzoryk_xyz 4y ago
  Everyone is dumb one way or another. Especially those who are specialized in an area of expertise. That’s when we over-estimate how much we know about adjacent specialties. There is definitely a type of content that works on all of us collectively. It’s like catnip.
pessimizer 4y ago
The stop overthinking for increased productivity pieces are the ones I'd like to see die. The fact that GPT-3 can write that garbage will hopefully develop a sense in more people that allows them to detect when a lot of words are being used, but nothing is really being said. Being afraid that their thoughts will be taken for computer output might force writers to actually create a model, or make a material claim with their words, rather than just trying to cast spells with them.

jacooper 4y ago

I dont think you can call HN users dumb, certainly not Technologically dumb, and it worked on them too, an auto generated posts got to the front page.

scyzoryk_xyz 4y ago
Everyone is dumb one way or another. Especially those who are specialized in an area of expertise. That’s when we over-estimate how much we know about adjacent specialties. There is definitely a type of content that works on all of us collectively. It’s like catnip.

pessimizer 4y ago

The stop overthinking for increased productivity pieces are the ones I'd like to see die. The fact that GPT-3 can write that garbage will hopefully develop a sense in more people that allows them to detect when a lot of words are being used, but nothing is really being said. Being afraid that their thoughts will be taken for computer output might force writers to actually create a model, or make a material claim with their words, rather than just trying to cast spells with them.