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by the_af 1y ago
I'm not convinced bite-sized back and forth like Twitter and HN comments count as "reading", not in the sense you meant it anyway.
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by the_af 1y ago
If HN was boring, it wouldn't have a "noprocrast" setting. This forum is addicting to a lot of people. There are also clickbait titles (though less than elsewhere), heated debates, even flamewars in the comments.
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by the_af 1y ago
> What good does "paying attention" serve? I don't understand this position. What good does knowing anything about anything serve? What good does reading about history do? I like being informed about the world and matter
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by the_af 1y ago
> I disagree with Sanfer Disregard that last sentence, my message was cut off, I couldn't finish it, and I don't even remember what I was trying to say :D
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by the_af 1y ago
Um, I'm not from the US, so my comment was more general than that. Politics exceeds politicians and specific partisan things. Politics shapes your life and that of your loved ones. It's not simply about arguing online about stuff.
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by the_af 1y ago
But politics in one way or another shapes almost every corner of your life. This is a reality whether one chooses to see it or not.
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by the_af 1y ago
I've read Sanger's article and in fact I acknowledge what he calls systemic bias, and also mentioned hidden cliques in my earlier comment, which are unfortunately a fact of human society. I think Wikipedia's consensus does re
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by the_af 1y ago
I think only very obscure articles can survive for that long, merely because not enough people care about them to watch/review them. The reliability of Wikipedia is inversely proportional to the obscurity of the subject, i.e. you shoul
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by the_af 1y ago
Isn't the fact that there was controversy about these, rather than blind acceptance, evidence that Wikipedia self-corrects? If you see something wrong in Wikipedia, you can correct it and possibly enter a protracted edit war. There is
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by the_af 1y ago
I don't think anybody who has seen an edit war thinks wiki editors (not mods, mods have a different role) are saints. But a Wikipedia page cannot survive stating something completely outside the consensus. Bizarre statements cannot sur
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by the_af 1y ago
Wikipedia for non-obscure hot topics gets a lot of eyeballs. You have probably seen a contested edit war at least once. This doesn't mean it's perfect, but it's all there in the open, and if you see it you can take part in th
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by the_af 1y ago
To be clear, I'm not saying "don't make mistakes", because that's impossible. I'm merely saying "don't play (automated) Russian roulette".
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by the_af 1y ago
OK, ok, I read the Twitter posts and didn't get the full context that this was an experiment. I'm actually relieved that nobody (currently) thinks this was a good idea. You've restored my faith in humanity. For now.
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by the_af 1y ago
OK, if it's a matter of priorities, let's just ignore all hard learned lessons in software engineering, and vibe-code our way through life, crossing fingers and hoping for the best. Typing systems? Who needs them, the LLM knows be
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by the_af 1y ago
I don't think it's the same. I'm not arguing you must not make mistakes, because all of us do. I mean: if you're a senior, don't connect a poorly understood automated tool to production, give it the means to destroy
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by the_af 1y ago
I cannot wrap my head around the anecdote that opens the article: > Lately I’ve heard a lot of stories of AI accidentally deleting entire codebases or wiping production databases. I simply... I cannot. Someone let a poorly understood A
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by the_af 1y ago
> Yes — and, dammit, I have an unread copy sitting on my desk that this thread has elevated to my top priority. If you need convincing to read it: I'm highly skeptical of random internet lore that usually gets recommended, and w
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by the_af 1y ago
I understand the explanations of why LLMs trip up on this, but what about the hilarious antics? I tried it and it reads like comedy. My session has many hilarious moments, but it finally ends with "That's it, I'm forever ba
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by the_af 1y ago
I think it's related but different than simply a search engine, since AI: - Entices you to "confess" (or overshare) things about yourself, in the form of questions / debate, because the chat bot is built for this. The &q
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by the_af 1y ago
I know you're having fun, but I think your analogy with 2001's HAL doesn't work. HAL was given a set of contradicting instructions by its human handlers, and its inability to resolve the contradiction led to an "unfortun
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by the_af 1y ago
Well, enough people agreed to flag the article... "AI slop" is a well understood term here, enough that people know what I mean and agreed with it. It carries meaning ; I don't need to spell out why it's slop (especia
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by the_af 1y ago
No, I'm entitled to my opinion, and I was replying to your Schumacher comment. Please, don't be a troll. Learn to accept disagreement without being snarky or dismissive of other opinions. An example of trollish behavior is intenti
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by the_af 1y ago
No, I didn't say I can't. I said anybody can, I just won't because I despise slop. I'm sure there are plenty of things you can do but won't because you're against them. Twisting my words is against HN guide
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by the_af 1y ago
I don't like this kind of slop, why would I generate it? Just to win internet points with you, a random stranger?
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by the_af 1y ago
It's generating buzz alright, but anyone with AI can do it. Usually this kind of content doesn't reach HN because the antibodies kill it sooner. If you're arguing the antibody-bypassing succeeded here, ok... but that's n
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by the_af 1y ago
This is not the Schumacher of AI content. And yes, anyone can generate this kind of AI content nowadays.
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by the_af 1y ago
I think people don't object to making money as much as being underhanded about it (trying to bootstrap from zero to money while not making it clear you're currently at zero) and also using AI slop (or slop of any kind) to quickly
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by the_af 1y ago
It's sad that it's come to this. I have zero interest in reading AI slop, and I wonder who does. To be clear, there was always filler content on the internet, but with AI this is exploding.
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by the_af 1y ago
Is working in a small tech company any different?
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by the_af 1y ago
Agreed about strong typing being a valuable tool, especially static typing. We've come full circle with coworkers telling me that "the best thing" about LLMs is that they can tell you when you have a typo in your function inv

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