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As somebody who used to link to the occasional Marcus essay, this is a really poor "article" by a writer who has really declined to the point of boorishness. Th
by mellosouls 1y ago
As somebody who used to link to the occasional Marcus essay, this is a really poor "article" by a writer who has really declined to the point of boorishness. The contents here are just a list of talking points already mostly discussed on HN, so nothing new, and his over-familiar soapbox proclamations add nothing to the discourse.
Its not that he's wrong, I probably still have a great deal of sympathy with his position, but his approach is more suited to social media echo chambers than intelligent discussion.
I think it would be useful for him to take an extended break, and perhaps we could also do the same from him here.
- hopelite 1y agoI’m not sure an ad hominem assault is any different. You make proclamations without any evidence as if what you say has any more credibility than the next person. In fact, this response makes a reasonable person discount you. Sure, it reads like some biased and coping, possibly even interested or paid hit-piece as if what happens can be changed by just being really negative about LLMs, but maybe consider taking your own advice there, kid; you know, an extended break.
- mellosouls 1y agoPlease give an example of how we might criticise somebody's method of communication and general strong decline in useful contributions to debate (of the order of that of Marcus) without you complaining ad hominem.