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> We're talking to a machine, folks. And? I didn't sign up to talk to a machine. Has it actually made your daily life better? All I see as a result of LLMs is

> We're talking to a machine, folks. And? I didn't sign up to talk to a machine. Has it actually made your daily life better? All I see as a result of LLMs is endless slop everywhere, plateauing in the skill levels of coworkers, and badly informed people in management positions pushing the humans to meet impossible deadlines because "otherwise we'll replace you with a cheaper worker and an LLM". I am an LLM optimist, but I'll be honest and say it hasn't made my life better. My optimism relies on the models plateauing, and people finally rebelling against the widespread slop to realize that LLMs are just another (very useful!) tool, but don't meaningfully replace people in any capacity.

ilteris 2mo ago
What did you sign up for and what would make your life better in this context? Give us a north star
vidarh 2mo ago
It has made my daily life better. It has built software for me that I've wanted but previously didn't have time for, for example.
- fatata123 2mo ago
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- quadrifoliate 2mo ago
  Great! How does this software enhance your daily life? Has it given you more leisure time by leading to less work?
  - glimshe 2mo ago
    He literally said it made his life better. Building software with AI can also be a leisure activity.
  - vidarh 2mo ago
    It does 99%+ of running a side business for me that otherwise wouldn't possibly be profitable because the margins would be negative (no, I'm not going to go into details because the moat is too small and I'm just taking the profits I can until the window closes). It also added functionality to my terminal that I didn't have time to add, and added functionality to my window manager I wanted but didn't have time to add, both of which improve my general quality of life - I spent 12+ hours in front of my machine a day, only part of which is work, so ergonomics matters. Those are just a couple of examples.
- qsera 2mo ago
  >It has built software for me that I've wanted but previously didn't have time for.. Don't leave us hanging, let us know what was this software for?
  - vidarh 2mo ago
    See one of the other answers I just made.
wewewedxfgdf 2mo ago
Twice now you have said "I am an LLM optimist" and then spoken as an LLM pessimist.

ilteris 2mo ago

What did you sign up for and what would make your life better in this context? Give us a north star

vidarh 2mo ago

It has made my daily life better. It has built software for me that I've wanted but previously didn't have time for, for example.

fatata123 2mo ago
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quadrifoliate 2mo ago
Great! How does this software enhance your daily life? Has it given you more leisure time by leading to less work?
- glimshe 2mo ago
  He literally said it made his life better. Building software with AI can also be a leisure activity.
- vidarh 2mo ago
  It does 99%+ of running a side business for me that otherwise wouldn't possibly be profitable because the margins would be negative (no, I'm not going to go into details because the moat is too small and I'm just taking the profits I can until the window closes). It also added functionality to my terminal that I didn't have time to add, and added functionality to my window manager I wanted but didn't have time to add, both of which improve my general quality of life - I spent 12+ hours in front of my machine a day, only part of which is work, so ergonomics matters. Those are just a couple of examples.
qsera 2mo ago
>It has built software for me that I've wanted but previously didn't have time for.. Don't leave us hanging, let us know what was this software for?
- vidarh 2mo ago
  See one of the other answers I just made.

wewewedxfgdf 2mo ago

Twice now you have said "I am an LLM optimist" and then spoken as an LLM pessimist.