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On one hand I cant wait for this fad to end, on the other hand, I cant imagine how bad the next one will be. I almost miss my middle managers running around wit

• utyop22 1y ago
  One thing I'm learning to appreciate is true and proper deep thinkers who take the time to break down a product/technology into its characteristics - to determine what the benefits and trade offs are and having the imagination of where they fit in the world - is extremely, extremely rare. It takes a rare mix of visionary thought and discipline to do it well.
• ath3nd 1y ago
  > I almost miss my middle managers running around with stupid blockchain ideas. reply I tend to agree with you, I miss the blockhain times. LLMs allow the generation of symbols and characters (calling it "articles", "essays" or "source code" is an exaggeration) too quickly for us to edit and almost too quickly for us to have a second thought and assess what we are reading. When your eyes have seen so much slop in such quick succession, your brain starts normalizing it and you are more likely to stop noticing. There goes your good taste, there goes your critical thinking. And of course, you get into these discussions now: "I pasted this prompt in Claude and my feature was done in 5 min, why did it take you two days?". I shudder thinking what further enshittification the future holds.
  • utyop22 1y ago
    "When your eyes have seen so much slop in such quick succession, your brain starts normalizing it and you are more likely to stop noticing. There goes your good taste, there goes your critical thinking." Yes exactly!