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> And, finally, it's good that someone (something) actually reads the specifications. This feeling of being heard and understood is a driver in cult growth. An
by delichon 1mo ago
> And, finally, it's good that someone (something) actually reads the specifications.
This feeling of being heard and understood is a driver in cult growth. And in ordinary human bonding and mating. So this seeming AI benefit carries a risk of mass movement formation and downward ratcheting social cohesion and fertility.
I worry that the most apocalyptic aspect of AI may be artificial friendship.
- apercu 1mo agoMine is a different issue - I've produced hundreds of specifications over the years and it's obvious that implementation teams don't read them at all before they are "approved" because I never get questions or comments until it's time to build. Now, granted, I'm an experienced software developer in my own right, and I know that sometimes you aren't giving something full attention until you need to, but my experience is that it's different than that. You are correct that in identifying the issue - but that's a separate one from what I intended. I cannot stand sycophantic LLMs and use methods to get rid of any anthropomorphizing they do. But I feel like I'm somewhat outside as a person whose life is far more analog than most. I just hung some laundry outside. I'll be (manually) splitting some firewood later today. HN is my ONLY social media.
- ahartmetz 1mo agoOf course, Mark Zuckerberg is eager to disrupt the meatbag friendship industry: https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-lonely-friends-create-ai https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-lonely-friends-create-ai These guys are satirizing it quite well. https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/06/zuckerberg-the-average-person-has-3-friends-and-facebook-is-working-to-get-that-lower/ https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/06/zuckerberg-the-average-...