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I love how programmers generally tout themselves as these tinkerers who love learning about and exploring technology… until it comes to AI and then it’s like “s
by paulcole 1y ago
I love how programmers generally tout themselves as these tinkerers who love learning about and exploring technology… until it comes to AI and then it’s like “show me the profitable use case.” Just say you don’t like AI!
- seba_dos1 1y agoIt doesn't have to be profitable. Elegant and clever would suffice.
- ilikehurdles 1y agoI don't think hn is reflective of where programmers are today, culturally. 10 years ago, sure, it probably was.
- khimaros 1y agowhat place is more reflective today?
- whatevertrevor 1y agoI don't know about online forums, but all my IRL friends have a lot more balanced takes on AI than this forum. And honestly it extends beyond this forum to the wider internet. Online, the discourse seems extremely polarized: either it's all a pyramid scheme or stories about how development jobs are already defunct and AI can supervise AI etc.
- hoppp 1y agoYeah but fly.io is a cloud provider doing this advertisement with OpenAI Apis. Both cost money, so if it's not free to operate then the developed project should offset the costs. Its about balance. Really its the AI providers that have been promising unreal gains during this hype period, so people are more profit oriented.
- tptacek 1y agoWhat does "cloud provider" even have to do with this post?
- veryemartguy 1y agoOr maybe some of us realize that these tools are fucking useless and don’t offer any “value” apart from the most basic thing imaginable. And I use value in quotes because as soon as the AI providers suddenly need to start generating a profit, that “value” is going to cost more than your salary.