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by paulhebert 5d ago
I’m not a very good woodworker but I enjoy it. I’ve got a few wobbly pieces of furniture around the house. I love them! I’ve also got a bookcase my dad made back when he was in shop class. And my mom has been using a cutting board I made he
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by paulhebert 6d ago
Ahh I misunderstood the hypothetical then. I assumed I was picking one piece to keep and display forever but I could still enjoy other art. I’d go mad if the only art available was AI art as well!
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by paulhebert 6d ago
You think most people don’t pay for movies, music, games, clothing with designs, art, etc.?
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by paulhebert 7d ago
I would encourage you to read this article that articulates the issues with DHH’s blog posts better than I can: https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thoug...
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by paulhebert 7d ago
Thats part of the issue. People prefer human made art and then people feel tricked when they find out it’s AI art. I would definitely choose my niece’s drawing for all time. Do you have young family members? That seems like a bizarre perspe
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by paulhebert 7d ago
That assumes that AI is only used in place of stock imagery. In reality it is seeping into our lives at an alarming rate which I worry is disrupting our shared sense of reality (which was already tenuous.) AI has capabilities that were impo
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by paulhebert 7d ago
You don’t think it’s fair to factor how art was created into your judgment?
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by paulhebert 7d ago
You think that no one who criticizes AI pays for human artwork? That is a bizarre stance
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by paulhebert 7d ago
The definition of prejudice requires the judgment to be unfair. Do you think it’s unfair for people to dislike AI generated art based on their principles?
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by paulhebert 7d ago
There is a big difference between a real image or video that has been modified and one that was created out of thin air via AI
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by paulhebert 7d ago
I think you’d be surprised by how many people feel that way but it’s hard to say for sure. What did you think about my other examples? (The bookshelf and the microwaved meal)
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by paulhebert 7d ago
By many people’s criteria it automatically is worse, because part of what they value in art is thinking about the artist and their intentions behind their creation. Similarly people may view an IKEA book stand as worse quality than one buil
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by paulhebert 10d ago
Why would I want that for a form with buttons? It sounds painful to debug
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by paulhebert 10d ago
I’m not the person you asked but I’m also confused by this use case. Most restaurants have a web UI which is very simple and easy to use.
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by paulhebert 10d ago
I don’t really want to argue with you about whether DHH is far right because it’s tangential to the main point of the article and based on your response I don’t think we’d agree. It’s not about “giving money to a website” it’s about the fac
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by paulhebert 10d ago
Here’s a section from the Wikipedia page on far right politics: > Key to the far-right worldview is the notion of societal purity, often invoking ideas of a homogeneous community based on cultural, ethnic, national, racial, or religious
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by paulhebert 10d ago
The author of the post (Vale) is talking about how the editor of CSS Tricks (Geoff) is not being paid by the owner of CSS Tricks (Digital Ocean) This is not the first issue since Digital Ocean acquired CSS Tricks. I’d encourage you to educa
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by paulhebert 11d ago
The author of this post is not complaining that they are not being paid. The editor of CSS Tricks who was hired by Digital Ocean is the one who is not getting paid. I think it is morally in the right for employees to get paid by their emplo
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by paulhebert 12d ago
I wonder if they’re training heavily on Claude generated content or conversation transcripts
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by paulhebert 13d ago
Have you tried this? How did it go? I’d be curious about: - your setup. How it all works - The types of errors it fixed and how quickly - Any regressions or issues it caused - The cost Thanks!
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by paulhebert 14d ago
Yeah that’s totally fair! I guess that type of “clout” feels different to me. Wanting to be validated by peers for your talents in a niche field vs. using millions to try to solve a math problem that you don’t really care about with AI to m
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by paulhebert 14d ago
Okay. I agree with all that you said in your latest comment. From your first comment it seemed like you were disagreeing with me but I’m not sure how. That’s why I asked for clarification. Edit: BTW I’m a web developer and designer, Not a m
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by paulhebert 14d ago
No need to be rude. I didn’t want to misinterpret when responding. I can see how what is happening to mathematicians is similar to what is happening to coding. I’m not sure what your broader point is? Mathematicians shouldn’t be upset? Code
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by paulhebert 14d ago
Sorry I’m not entirely sure what you’re trying to say
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by paulhebert 14d ago
Do you really think people dedicate their life to mathematics for clout? If clout was the goal I don’t think becoming a lifelong mathematics academic would be the first step
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by paulhebert 14d ago
That matches my experience with AI writing in software engineering so I’m not surprised
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by paulhebert 14d ago
These mathematicians dedicated their life to math and were working for a long time to achieve the pinnacle of their careers. OpenAI just burned millions of dollars over a weekend after hearing that someone else was close to solving the prob
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by paulhebert 15d ago
Really? I’ve asked that question all the time throughout my career. Lots of promotions. No firings or layoffs. Why would you lose your job?
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by paulhebert 16d ago
This is a very different approach and UI but you may enjoy this snowflake generator I made and wrote about a few years ago: https://cloudfour.com/thinks/coding-a-snowflake-generator/
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by paulhebert 16d ago
Yeah I think if React had adopted Vue’s scoped model early on then CSS Tailwind would be much less popular (I much prefer the scoped CSS model)

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