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by fhd2 1y ago
I would consider evolution a form of intelligence, even though I wouldn't consider nature a being. There's a branch of AI research I was briefly working in 15 years ago, based on that premise: Genetic algorithms/programming.
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by fhd2 1y ago
4) Search already has working monetisation through ads. They can acquire users at profit, as opposed to at a loss.
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by fhd2 1y ago
Well, there's -ai for Google. I do take some grim satisfaction from having Google pay for inference and then ignoring it though.
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by fhd2 1y ago
The usual "the models will improve a lot" narrative that I've seen in the majority of companies calling themselves an "AI company". Could be true of course, fair bet to make. Could also not be true, and I think as f
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by fhd2 1y ago
I think a few revolutions are missing in the list, that weren't technical, but organisational: 1. The push for "software architects" to create plans and specifications for those pesky developers to simply follow. I remember a
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by fhd2 1y ago
Worse: If typing in code takes more time (i.e. costs more), there's a larger incentive to refactor. I spent quite a bit of time as a CTO, and at some point there's a conversation about the business value of refactoring. That'
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by fhd2 1y ago
100%. I keep thinking this, and sometimes saying it. Sure, if you're stuck in a horrible legacy code base, it's harder. But you can _still_ automate tedious work, given you can manage to put in the proverbial stop for gas. I'
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by fhd2 1y ago
The sad part is that there is a _lot_ of stuff we can now do with LLMs, that were practically impossible before. And with all the hype, it takes some effort, at least for me, to not get burned out on all that and stay curious about them. M
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by fhd2 1y ago
Maybe a service mentality would help you make that bearable for as long as it still lasts? For my consulting clients, I make sure I inform them of risks, problems and tradeoffs the best way I can. But if they want to go ahead against my rec
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by fhd2 1y ago
I'd argue a lot of the current AI hype is fuelled by hopium that models will improve significantly and hallucinations will be solved. I'm a (minor) investor, and I see this a lot: People integrate LLMs for some use case, lately in
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by fhd2 1y ago
Well, the optimistic take is that if something gets cheaper to produce (e.g. code), demand for it actually increases. Now you could argue that any non technical person could just oversee the agents instead. Possibly. Though in my experience
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by fhd2 1y ago
I'm another millennial that doesn't like them. I type pretty fast, around 100 WPM, so outside environments where I can't type (e.g. while driving), I just never saw the appeal. Typing has a way of helping me shape my thoughts
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by fhd2 1y ago
I feel like both Node.js and NPM were initially vibe coded before LLMs existed. Just a quick hack, kind of, that got hugely popular somewhat by accident. Edit: Thinking about it, that's the origin story of JavaScript as well, so rather
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by fhd2 1y ago
I found that the other day and finally got what MCP is. Kinda just a convenience layer for hooking up an API via good "old" tool use. Unless I'm missing something major, it's just marginally more convenient than just hoo
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by fhd2 1y ago
I see, fascinatingly inconsistent :D I somehow have the urge to popularise a coordinate system where the x axis represents elevation now.
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by fhd2 1y ago
I thought: Deutsch: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutons Nemți: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemetes But at least Deutsch does indeed appear to have other origins according to: https:/
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by fhd2 1y ago
Also noteworthy are the different terms for "German" in different languages, they're quite far apart: "Deutsch", "Allemagne", "Nemți", which all derive from the names of different Germanic tribes
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by fhd2 1y ago
Sorry, got nerd sniped: Isn't it usually the y coordinate that stands for the vertical axis? At least that's how I know 3D coordinate systems, with the z axis either increasing towards or away from the center, left handed vs right
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by fhd2 1y ago
In spirit, I agree. In practice, if you get dozens of PRs from people who clearly did it to bolster up their CV, because their professor asked them or something like that, it just takes a toll. It's more effort than writing the same co
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by fhd2 1y ago
Not possible, but I have a comparison between projects on GitHub and projects not on GitHub (and generally more ceremony). A lot more contributions on GH, but the majority of them ignored guidelines and/or had low code quality and atte
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by fhd2 1y ago
In my experience, most contributors who are deterred from contributing because they can't use GitHub aren't particularly valuable contributors. I'm sure there's exceptions, but I haven't seen any for non-trivial ope
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by fhd2 1y ago
Ah, that's fixed now. And here I thought Independent Creators was a company. What a delightful puzzle.
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by fhd2 1y ago
Also independent creators.
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by fhd2 1y ago
I'm still having relatively disastrous results compared to just sending pre curated context (i.e. calling tools deterministically upfront) to the model. Doesn't cover all the use cases, but for information retrieval stuff, the dif
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by fhd2 1y ago
Yup, Gates style would work. But billionaires have a tendency to not get into serious trouble for lying to the public, a court, congress and what not. Commoners very much do.
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by fhd2 1y ago
Not yet, but I'm intrigued! Good to know there's good Emacs integration.
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by fhd2 1y ago
I settled on gptel, which is an LLM package for Emacs. It's kind of a mix of both approaches: 1. You have chats right there in the editor, easy to copy/paste and manage context/history without switching to a browser. You can
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by fhd2 1y ago
Sure there's evidence: Your statements about this when challenged. And perhaps to a degree the commit log, at least that can arouse suspicion. Sure, you can say "I'd just lie about it". But I don't know how many peo
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by fhd2 1y ago
It's roughly the same, legally, and I was well aware of that. Legally speaking, you also want to be careful about your dependencies and their licenses, a company that's afraid to get sued usually goes to quite some lengths to ensu
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by fhd2 1y ago
Not sure I can agree with the "I'm billing by the hour" part. I mean sure, but I think of my little agency providing value, for a price. Clients have budgets, they have limited benefits from any software they build, and in or

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