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by geraneum 5mo ago
> Frontier models are mostly past the point of human ability to discern whether they are actually better or worse than predecessors and competitors. The model improvements being beyond human comprehension is one of the more ridiculous st
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by geraneum 5mo ago
I see this sentiment occasionally brought up, and at the same time see what’s happening to Github where the majority of their distributions is not security or efficiency related (not saying it’s because of LLMs, we don’t know). The point is
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by geraneum 5mo ago
> Feelings aren’t fact... much of it has to do with rapid inflation and "continued vibes". Oh the lost irony.
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by geraneum 5mo ago
There’s this trend that tries to sell the idea that, if LLMs and agents have any shortcomings, instead of them getting better we should lower the standards. Focus on the “MTTR”. Is the code bad? Don’t read it. Don’t review it. Remove the bo
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by geraneum 5mo ago
I sometimes wonder if we’re losing HN for good.
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by geraneum 5mo ago
> We can debate as to how successful we’ve been toward the two goals above No not really. These are separate questions from what the article posits. The argument is about how do we use these tools, our approach as developers, and if the
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by geraneum 5mo ago
There’s a good reason for that: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-96372-1
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by geraneum 5mo ago
Yeah because they are not auto regressively generated!
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by geraneum 5mo ago
> PRs should be plan files, not code. Impl is trivial. Doesn’t it bother you that the outcome each PR is different every time you/CI “run it”?
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by geraneum 5mo ago
I don’t know why, but I get this feeling whenever someone uses “insanely” or “shockingly” along with AI, I think they’re bot or are writing based on a guideline! No offense, btw, I’m not saying you’re a bot.
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by geraneum 5mo ago
If you read my analogy in the context of the article, it should be clearer what I meant.
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by geraneum 5mo ago
The people you see in the TV are not actually in the TV box. It looks real until you try to shake one’s hand. It’s kind of the same thing with AI (reasoning and whatnot).
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by geraneum 5mo ago
> but seems unlikely. That human would be turning down a potential Fields Medal for this discovery. I also don’t like the tin foil hatty theories and don’t know what OpenAI actually did, but an NDA does wonders! Just pointing out that th
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by geraneum 5mo ago
How dare people think critically of the corporate machine. It’s inane!
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by geraneum 5mo ago
> Humans are poorly optimized for almost anything, and built on a substrate that's barely hanging together Goodness gracious!
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by geraneum 5mo ago
Steve Burke, is that you?
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by geraneum 6mo ago
I just pasted both pieces into Opus 4.7 and asked who most likely wrote these and it didn’t get it.
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by geraneum 6mo ago
> the human comments here on HN are far worse I already assume some comments here are LLM written.
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by geraneum 6mo ago
I guess words have lost meaning at this point.
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by geraneum 6mo ago
> it'll happen by Q1 2027 Which month?
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by geraneum 6mo ago
I’m curious, could you demonstrate the difference between “Insanely useful!” and “really good and useful”?
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by geraneum 6mo ago
US objectives are rarely as they are portrayed on TV.
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by geraneum 7mo ago
> To keep a military base in a country you either need to be allowed to do so, or you have to do so by force, by occupying the country. There are all sorts of levers US, China, Russia can pull to in order to put pressure on a country for
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by geraneum 7mo ago
> I gave examples of it actually happening. Ironically Yemen (Houthis) are fighting not only with US but against other gulf sates like Saudi Arabia as well. It's not really an example that demonstrates unity in gulf. > The Taliba
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by geraneum 7mo ago
Correct, but that's not my point. My point is whether the Gulf States can realistically dictate what the US does. Perhaps they can affect US actions, but I doubt it's that cut and dried.
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by geraneum 7mo ago
> The answer is obviously yes. Of course it isn't. In reality, being able to resist requires power. Power that's gained more or less independently such as Iran's. Gulf states should be in a position of power to able to res
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by geraneum 7mo ago
Do Americans do what they want because they are “allowed” by gulf states?
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by geraneum 7mo ago
My pet peeve with all LLM discourse is whenever someone mentions any problem they experience with LLMs or any mistake they make, someone comments that humans make the same mistake.
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by geraneum 7mo ago
But how’s that helpful? What the affirmation is correct occasionally and following you instructions it just rejects something where it shouldn’t? How would you know?
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by geraneum 7mo ago
> All you need to do ask it directly. What do you mean? Can you give an example?

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