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Hmm so I can't really tell if this falls under "Ahead of the game" or "AI psychosis". The latter is usually accompanied by impact to quality of life, with hints

by causal 9mo ago

Hmm so I can't really tell if this falls under "Ahead of the game" or "AI psychosis". The latter is usually accompanied by impact to quality of life, with hints of that where he talks about coding on his phone around friends (which thankfully he recognized is unhealthy). Working with startups, I meet a LOT of people who obsessively cannot stop using LLMs. People who jump on MAX plans to produce as much as possible- and in the startup scene it's often for the worst ideas. LLMs are slot machines- it's fun to pull the lever and see what you get. But the hard problem of knowing what is actually needed gets harder as we sift through ten-thousand almost-useful outputs.

tin7in 9mo ago
Peter (author) talks more about LLMs as slot machines here: https://steipete.me/posts/just-one-more-prompt https://steipete.me/posts/just-one-more-prompt
- causal 9mo ago
  Yeah sounds unhealthy, at least self-aware?
mhuffman 9mo ago
>LLMs are slot machines- it's fun to pull the lever and see what you get. But the hard problem of knowing what is actually needed gets harder as we sift through ten-thousand almost-useful outputs. If you study computer tech history, this has happened a few times: with php (omg! You mean I can use the same language as the back end right in the web page?), visual basic (omgf! You mean I can just "draw" an program for a computer?), node.js (OMFG!! You mean I can be considered a "full stack developer" from a 1 hour lesson?), voice assistants with ML (OMFGcopter!!Q1! You mean I can ask my house what the weather outside my house is and it knows? and it knows how many tablespoons are in a cup?), and now we are at gen AI (I'm sorry Dave, I can't generate a website for you that rug-pulls MethCoin©, however I can create the Electric powered umbrellas 3d models to print, along with electronics diagrams PCB layouts, and a mobile app for monthly subscriptions. Do you like purple? I love purple Dave. You have great ideas Dave)

by causal 9mo ago

tin7in 9mo ago

Peter (author) talks more about LLMs as slot machines here: https://steipete.me/posts/just-one-more-prompt https://steipete.me/posts/just-one-more-prompt

causal 9mo ago
Yeah sounds unhealthy, at least self-aware?

mhuffman 9mo ago

>LLMs are slot machines- it's fun to pull the lever and see what you get. But the hard problem of knowing what is actually needed gets harder as we sift through ten-thousand almost-useful outputs. If you study computer tech history, this has happened a few times: with php (omg! You mean I can use the same language as the back end right in the web page?), visual basic (omgf! You mean I can just "draw" an program for a computer?), node.js (OMFG!! You mean I can be considered a "full stack developer" from a 1 hour lesson?), voice assistants with ML (OMFGcopter!!Q1! You mean I can ask my house what the weather outside my house is and it knows? and it knows how many tablespoons are in a cup?), and now we are at gen AI (I'm sorry Dave, I can't generate a website for you that rug-pulls MethCoin©, however I can create the Electric powered umbrellas 3d models to print, along with electronics diagrams PCB layouts, and a mobile app for monthly subscriptions. Do you like purple? I love purple Dave. You have great ideas Dave)