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Does it matter if the author is a renowned expert in the field?

by bigyikes 7mo ago

paxys 7mo ago
Expert in AI != expert in labor markets. All the "research" on the site comes from a single LLM prompt.
orphea 7mo ago
No. You can be an expert in one field, and have no idea what you're doing in another.
- georgemcbay 7mo ago
  > You can be an expert in one field, and have no idea what you're doing in another. And for whatever reason a lot of people in startup/tech seem to have a huge Dunning-Kruger effect blind spot where they believe knowing a lot about one thing makes them an expert in everything. This used to just be funny, but when it started to intersect with politics it began to actively contribute to destroying society. It isn't funny anymore. (I don't think Karpathy's job data here is destroying society, this is a more generalized observation).
  - thejazzman 7mo ago
    It is wild that ya'll are hating on a website that visualizes data. That's like table stakes standard common practice for software engineers for decades. This is the equivalence of telling a Designer that can't create infographics on anything but principled design subjects -- or else they're out of line. Any research or data they might use isn't relevant because they're not exerts? lol?
    - paxys 7mo ago
      > a website that visualizes data It is a website that visualizes the output of an LLM prompt and passes it off as data. Big difference between the two.
    - anonymous_user9 7mo ago
      The problem is that the data it's visualizing is fake. The color grading is just an AI guessing how susceptible jobs are.
  - KellyCriterion 7mo ago
    THIS: > And for whatever reason a lot of people in startup/tech seem to have a huge Dunning-Kruger effect blind spot where they believe knowing a lot about one thing makes them an expert in everything. < Its especially(!) very common for people who made an exit and are now "wealthy" - sure they can afford to have an oppinion on everything, but very often they are just talking bullshit, thinking: "hey, I made it in field X, so why do not try field Y". Esp the "MBA crowd" is famous for this: For whatever reason they think they are more intelligent than ana engineer who filed a patent, e.g. (while most of the MBA bobos would fail just in acquiring all documents required for this) Other example: If you wrote once a book and it got traction, even if you are not a proven expert you will be invited to television shows etc. (and MORE than the people who are real experts with proven track record)
danny_codes 7mo ago
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faangguyindia 7mo ago
Show HN isn't about being expert.

Does it matter if the author is a renowned expert in the field?

paxys 7mo ago

Expert in AI != expert in labor markets. All the "research" on the site comes from a single LLM prompt.

orphea 7mo ago

No. You can be an expert in one field, and have no idea what you're doing in another.

georgemcbay 7mo ago
> You can be an expert in one field, and have no idea what you're doing in another. And for whatever reason a lot of people in startup/tech seem to have a huge Dunning-Kruger effect blind spot where they believe knowing a lot about one thing makes them an expert in everything. This used to just be funny, but when it started to intersect with politics it began to actively contribute to destroying society. It isn't funny anymore. (I don't think Karpathy's job data here is destroying society, this is a more generalized observation).
- thejazzman 7mo ago
  It is wild that ya'll are hating on a website that visualizes data. That's like table stakes standard common practice for software engineers for decades. This is the equivalence of telling a Designer that can't create infographics on anything but principled design subjects -- or else they're out of line. Any research or data they might use isn't relevant because they're not exerts? lol?
  - paxys 7mo ago
    > a website that visualizes data It is a website that visualizes the output of an LLM prompt and passes it off as data. Big difference between the two.
  - anonymous_user9 7mo ago
    The problem is that the data it's visualizing is fake. The color grading is just an AI guessing how susceptible jobs are.
- KellyCriterion 7mo ago
  THIS: > And for whatever reason a lot of people in startup/tech seem to have a huge Dunning-Kruger effect blind spot where they believe knowing a lot about one thing makes them an expert in everything. < Its especially(!) very common for people who made an exit and are now "wealthy" - sure they can afford to have an oppinion on everything, but very often they are just talking bullshit, thinking: "hey, I made it in field X, so why do not try field Y". Esp the "MBA crowd" is famous for this: For whatever reason they think they are more intelligent than ana engineer who filed a patent, e.g. (while most of the MBA bobos would fail just in acquiring all documents required for this) Other example: If you wrote once a book and it got traction, even if you are not a proven expert you will be invited to television shows etc. (and MORE than the people who are real experts with proven track record)

danny_codes 7mo ago

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faangguyindia 7mo ago

Show HN isn't about being expert.