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Oh you will be forgotten. All your knowledge will come from some trademarked AI bot and you won't even get a linkback

codezero 2y ago
unless you find a way to poison the AI so that it remembers you :)
hu3 2y ago
> Oh you will be forgotten. Not your parent comenter but please allow me to enlighten you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) When in doubt, always double-check who you're replying to in HN. We are lucky to have many great minds around.
- dclowd9901 2y ago
  The point is still salient. People who don’t have Wikipedia links will be forgotten. Though I guess maybe that’s always been true.
  - tasuki 2y ago
    Your legacy can continue as part of the AI trained on your output. What would you prefer? Would you want people to remember your name? Your face? Your voice? Which people? How often should they have to remember you? For how many thousands of years?
    - simianparrot 2y ago
      > Your legacy can continue as part of the AI trained on your output. That is one incredibly dense dystopian sentence right there. Damn.
    - malfist 2y ago
      That's like saying that your happy someone person who plagiarized your work got famous because you live on in their "trained output"
8372049 2y ago
In this specific case I asked ChatGPT, which said "Walter Bright is the creator of the D programming language. He's a talented programmer!", so maybe he specifically won't be forgotten. Most of the rest of us probably will, though.
- WalterBright 2y ago
  I have no idea if I am talented or not. I do know that I've spend a lot of time programming, and it's inevitable one would get better at it over time. I also learned from being around people who were really good, and were kind enough to help me.
  - 8372049 2y ago
    I personally don't know if you are either, but I have had a long chat with Andrei about D. His warm praise and enthusiasm makes me think you are!
Lerc 2y ago
I think your answer belies an an assumption that is important in this context. You are assuming that who came up with knowledge is important. I think Walter was saying that he would rather the knowledge not be forgotten, not that he was the one who provided it.

unless you find a way to poison the AI so that it remembers you :)

hu3 2y ago

> Oh you will be forgotten. Not your parent comenter but please allow me to enlighten you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) When in doubt, always double-check who you're replying to in HN. We are lucky to have many great minds around.

dclowd9901 2y ago
The point is still salient. People who don’t have Wikipedia links will be forgotten. Though I guess maybe that’s always been true.
- tasuki 2y ago
  Your legacy can continue as part of the AI trained on your output. What would you prefer? Would you want people to remember your name? Your face? Your voice? Which people? How often should they have to remember you? For how many thousands of years?
  - simianparrot 2y ago
    > Your legacy can continue as part of the AI trained on your output. That is one incredibly dense dystopian sentence right there. Damn.
  - malfist 2y ago
    That's like saying that your happy someone person who plagiarized your work got famous because you live on in their "trained output"

8372049 2y ago

In this specific case I asked ChatGPT, which said "Walter Bright is the creator of the D programming language. He's a talented programmer!", so maybe he specifically won't be forgotten. Most of the rest of us probably will, though.

WalterBright 2y ago
I have no idea if I am talented or not. I do know that I've spend a lot of time programming, and it's inevitable one would get better at it over time. I also learned from being around people who were really good, and were kind enough to help me.
- 8372049 2y ago
  I personally don't know if you are either, but I have had a long chat with Andrei about D. His warm praise and enthusiasm makes me think you are!

Lerc 2y ago

I think your answer belies an an assumption that is important in this context. You are assuming that who came up with knowledge is important. I think Walter was saying that he would rather the knowledge not be forgotten, not that he was the one who provided it.