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by satisfice 4mo ago
I bet those henchmen in Bond movies thought that the volcano base was merely a government-funded secret research facility.
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by satisfice 4mo ago
If you are serious, then AI has already begin to rot your brain. My post was much more than saying “don’t use AI.” I use AI. I even use AI adjacent to my writing. But with me, you always know that my written words are directly from me. Th
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by satisfice 4mo ago
I don’t use autocomplete, either. But if I did that would not be hypocritical. Autocomplete does not operate on the level of key ideas. The “humans are just as bad” argument holds no water. Humans have many infirmities, but you can form rel
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by satisfice 4mo ago
It’s not that you are a liar, it’s that I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you are. Not just me, but also many other people will automatically discount whatever you say when they suspect they are talking to something not-you that b
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Don’t use AI to write things that you present as your own work(satisfice.com)
108 points by satisfice 4mo ago|98 comments
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by satisfice 4mo ago
One hardly needs an excuse to talk about class warfare and the evils of capitalism, since their deleterious effects are all around you, if you can pause your xBox game or Netflix special for a few minutes and look at how the world works. I
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by satisfice 4mo ago
Good work takes skill. The tech industry long ago realized that good work is not required to stay in business. The industry is overflowing with mediocre workers who feel little pressure to master their craft.
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by satisfice 4mo ago
It’s strange to find the word “malicious” used to describe a defensive move against a bullying entity. If a kid punches a bullies who is taking his lunch money, that’s heroic. AI agents and their peddlers and operators are scofflaws. I’m gl
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by satisfice 4mo ago
I am remembering the same Internet. I got into lots of flame wars on comp.software-eng and before that on Compuserve and various FIDO boards. It was never a very placid or friendly place. There was more tolerance for vigorous debate than th
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by satisfice 4mo ago
Maybe it’s condescending, but it’s valid. I have made sacrifices throughout my career to maintain maximum integrity, and the least I can do is be proud of it, since I don’t have riches or possessions to be proud of. Yeah I rage quit my job
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by satisfice 4mo ago
I’m developing a class for non-technical people on the responsible use of AI. Continuing development of online training for software testers, with a heavy emphasis on AI, since that’s where the demand is. During a livestreamed demo yesterda
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by satisfice 4mo ago
Somebody at a fishing line company won salesman of the month.
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by satisfice 4mo ago
I think you are right. ALSO, this is not happening and will not even start happening because no mechanism exists to make the kinds of transformations necessary for it to happen. I think I know how patricians felt as the Roman Empire was fal
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Humans in the Way [video](youtube.com)
3 points by satisfice 4mo ago|1 comments
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by satisfice 4mo ago
A video series about a critical thinking approach to AI
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by satisfice 4mo ago
Films aren’t open open to random contributions by casual volunteers. It’s not about iPhones.
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by satisfice 4mo ago
I am not anti-AI. But I am anti-irresponsibility. My concern is that AI is being used irresponsibly. It is magnifying irresponsibility.
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by satisfice 4mo ago
I was one of those students. I refused to do homework after the age of 11 (I cited the 13th amendment). Quit school as soon as it was legal to do so. I wrote about this in Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar. Now approaching my 60th birthday, I
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by satisfice 4mo ago
This is a self-destructive way of thinking, similar to that of a man on a ledge saying “we’re all just made of dust, anyway.” Of course humans are special! This is a necessary premise of being human! Have you ever wondered how a mosquito ca
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by satisfice 4mo ago
“Autocomplete” does not represent an analysis of its problem-solving capability, but of its place in the social order and its expected social competence.
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by satisfice 4mo ago
Thank you for this post. I hope we can get more people to rally around these sentiments.
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by satisfice 4mo ago
A counterfeit $100 bill may be indistinguishable from a real one. A stolen $100 bill may be indistinguishable from a real one. The measurable physical mechanics of rape may be indistinguishable from consensual sex. The King of England is in
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by satisfice 4mo ago
My fan theory of Terminator: It was never the machines trying to kill humans. It was a handful of billionaires who controlled the machines attempting to kill all non-billionaires. They merely claimed they had no control. Now I’m thinking th
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by satisfice 4mo ago
The burden of proof is not on us to show why wishful, magical thinking is wrong. People who claim that AI will take over can’t point to any evidence. All they have is speculation.
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Why Writing with AI Is a Problem(youtube.com)
1 points by satisfice 4mo ago|0 comments
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by satisfice 4mo ago
It’s worse— it’s seeking to replace every single aspect of what it means to be YOU in the world. Some people are literally trying to “fire themselves” and be replaced with digital twins. Perhaps those people are independently wealthy and al
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by satisfice 5mo ago
This article is 99.9% empty space.
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Responsible Work with AI(satisfice.com)
1 points by satisfice 5mo ago|0 comments
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by satisfice 5mo ago
It’s nice to see something on HN that isn’t about writing a prompt so that you can pretend to work.
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by satisfice 5mo ago
Please don’t say “okay, thanks, that’s great” unless you mean it.

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