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anyone else already experiencing this in a corporate environment? I know I am. Its not just between teams either, its within them.

FridgeSeal 16d ago
The age of a Warhammer 40k Tech Priest is upon us! Praise to the Machine God. Just, without the aliens, space travel, or mech-suits. Got half the other downsides though!
- whythismatters 16d ago
  More on the upcoming priesthood and monasteries: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743400 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743400
  - codethief 16d ago
    What a fantastic article! Thank you for sharing it!
- makerdiety 16d ago
  A Tech Priest is way smarter than any software developer you could ever think of. Your joke overestimates the intelligence of real life humans.
  - palmotea 16d ago
    > A Tech Priest is way smarter than any software developer you could ever think of. https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Tech-Priest https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Tech-Priest: > Despite the never-ending thirst for knowledge of all branches of the order, most Tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus have lost the ability to innovate or carry out basic scientific research. > No longer the master of its creations, the Cult Mechanicus is enslaved to the past. It maintains the glories of yesteryear with rite, dogma and edict instead of true discernment and comprehension. > For instance, even the theoretically simple process of activating a vehicle's engine is preceded by the application of ritual oils, the burning of sacred resins and the chanting of long and complex hymns.
- ArcHound 15d ago
  What if those chants are prompts? "Make no mistakes", "My Grandma used to love this", "fix this and don't break anything else". Sometimes you have to keep chanting for a while until you get the results. There are sources claiming AI is Abominable Intelligence and something completely different from the Machine Spirit. But it seems to me that this is how it feels to be a tech priest.
mmooss 16d ago
Would you expand on your experiences? Can you not share ideas now? What if you enhance them with an LLM before sharing them?
- Ancalagon 16d ago
  I misinterpreted the article. Its more about sharing ideas within the company, because teams and team members are apt to steal ideas and implement them with AI faster than the originator. I guess this was always theoretically a problem but its especially pronounced now because of the commonality of layoffs, and exacerbated at my company due to the failing stock price.
  - aquariusDue 16d ago
    Huh, and I thought "stealth-mode" for startup founders was a meme. Turns out a form of it started percolating around.
PorciiVorbesc 16d ago
I would see stuff like this even before AI.
mitxela 16d ago
this isn't a new thing in corporate

FridgeSeal 16d ago

The age of a Warhammer 40k Tech Priest is upon us! Praise to the Machine God. Just, without the aliens, space travel, or mech-suits. Got half the other downsides though!

whythismatters 16d ago
More on the upcoming priesthood and monasteries: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743400 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49743400
- codethief 16d ago
  What a fantastic article! Thank you for sharing it!
makerdiety 16d ago
A Tech Priest is way smarter than any software developer you could ever think of. Your joke overestimates the intelligence of real life humans.
- palmotea 16d ago
  > A Tech Priest is way smarter than any software developer you could ever think of. https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Tech-Priest https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Tech-Priest: > Despite the never-ending thirst for knowledge of all branches of the order, most Tech-priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus have lost the ability to innovate or carry out basic scientific research. > No longer the master of its creations, the Cult Mechanicus is enslaved to the past. It maintains the glories of yesteryear with rite, dogma and edict instead of true discernment and comprehension. > For instance, even the theoretically simple process of activating a vehicle's engine is preceded by the application of ritual oils, the burning of sacred resins and the chanting of long and complex hymns.
ArcHound 15d ago
What if those chants are prompts? "Make no mistakes", "My Grandma used to love this", "fix this and don't break anything else". Sometimes you have to keep chanting for a while until you get the results. There are sources claiming AI is Abominable Intelligence and something completely different from the Machine Spirit. But it seems to me that this is how it feels to be a tech priest.

mmooss 16d ago

Would you expand on your experiences? Can you not share ideas now? What if you enhance them with an LLM before sharing them?

Ancalagon 16d ago
I misinterpreted the article. Its more about sharing ideas within the company, because teams and team members are apt to steal ideas and implement them with AI faster than the originator. I guess this was always theoretically a problem but its especially pronounced now because of the commonality of layoffs, and exacerbated at my company due to the failing stock price.
- aquariusDue 16d ago
  Huh, and I thought "stealth-mode" for startup founders was a meme. Turns out a form of it started percolating around.

PorciiVorbesc 16d ago

I would see stuff like this even before AI.

mitxela 16d ago

this isn't a new thing in corporate