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by truncate 11d ago
That’s a norm at my place as well. But it’s not free. We have definitely given up on quality (both code and general stability) and fully understanding what’s going on. People are generally working more as well, because of all the layoffs pr
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by truncate 11d ago
>> what people are sending to Claude that is so secret Its the same point used against privacy. What's so secret you are doing that you need privacy. I think in the end, its about privacy and not trusting these model companies wi
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by truncate 12d ago
I've mixed opinions on that. For example, there are products like Google Shopping or Google Travel etc. They show up bunch of stores where you can buy a flight ticket or a particular product from. However, in the end most people just e
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by truncate 22d ago
Reminds me of Turing test. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test
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by truncate 28d ago
>> but I kind of wonder why we write articles like this I think its a way to speak out and get it out there, than stay unspoken. Author as well others who share same opinion get some validation that they are not only ones.
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by truncate 28d ago
I'm actively uninspired to write high quality code when using Anthropic/OpenAI models given the high chance I'm a customer as well as used as dataset generation tool for them. But currently cloud does beat costs of hardware o
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by truncate 1mo ago
I'm sure they do, but its not 0 or 1 thing.
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by truncate 1mo ago
Or, they can figure out something else out? I recall couple years ago when China didn't have enough GPUs (still don't?), DeepSeek team figured out how to train with less computing. IIRC they made Mixture of Experts mainstream and
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by truncate 1mo ago
Seems like parent thread spoke from perspective of developer/tech savvy person. But even from end-user perspective, maybe its hard to see change when you compare one year or so, but over somewhat longer period I definitely see improvem
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As great LLMs are, they are no where close to any biological brain. We are not even close to replicating human brain or even brain of an animal. Let’s not add more fuel into this hype.
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I think its just matter of time. We can tell, not because we are into tech or not-"average person", but because we have seen outputs of these systems enough times as well as actively use it. AI is in growth phase, and as more peop
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by truncate 2mo ago
How do you define average person here? I have friends who are not into tech, but use instagram or ChatGPT. They can tell. It’s just matter of using it enough times. For the work, I don’t think it’s just “costing the job” fear. It’s so many
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by truncate 2mo ago
I don't think they are mutually exclusive, that if you take one you give another. TBH, its more about the team you work with than startup vs big-tech company thing. I don't know how many of big-tech have flat hierarchy, at-least n
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by truncate 2mo ago
TBH, having worked at all big-tech, startup and mid-sized companies, pretty much most has some major pros and cons of their own, and these days ever more so. With certain big-tech at-least there some chance of getting decent WLB.
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by truncate 2mo ago
A single agent can produce enough code that even a team human can't reasonably keep up with if properly reviewed. An army of agents, definitely not. Most of us this everyday at work. Some are ok with it some are not. The way I see it,
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by truncate 2mo ago
I mainly use Apple one on MacBook, and haven't noticed any CPU or issues with that. I've another one which has more power, can't say I use it that much so no idea about CPU, but I think because of higher power draw may affect
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by truncate 2mo ago
I like a good old headphone jack, but then the USB DACs these days are also super small and portable that I just keep connected to my wired sets. I have couple nice IEMs, and because my phone doesn't have jack, I've to carry aroun
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by truncate 2mo ago
> But it doesn't give value, it prevents value loss. It keeps thing operational. Software changes because requirements changes, the context it is used it changes, or just the iterative nature of it where features are rolled out over
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by truncate 2mo ago
This is also one of things that needs to be well optimized to be any useful. Army of agents may get an implementation, but not sure it will be actually useful, and I'm also not sure if optimizing that implementation is going to be easi
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by truncate 2mo ago
Depending what you are making; coding slows you down and think as you build stuff step by step. Its kind of like speaking vs writing. Generating code through LLM for me is like talking -- I love talking, but when I write something down, I&#
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I guess I get what you are saying. Creating the first of its kind is "deep tech". I really don't care about the definition or semantics here personally. I think creating first one is great, but then depending what it is creat
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I don't think I did reiterate your point. You were saying unlike ICs, databases -- "But it's not creating something new that has never existed before". The point I was making was like newer/better ICs pave way for n
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>> Based on their track record this lawsuit is not unexpected at all. Their track record, and the narcissistic tone where they talk so confidently about how they are morally superior companies than others, and all they care about is p
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>> It's not inventing the transistor or the integrated circuit. Integrated circuit on its own isn't doing anything unless used for something. Better chips enable more use-cases, more electronics etc etc. Databases in simila
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Not that I don't believe its possible to fix a lot of bugs, I also wonder what the actual dynamic was. Were the people in team working much more than usual as well? Given its Google, I wouldn't be surprised if there was an "i
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by truncate 2mo ago
Crack down on distillation, just for Chinese companies or is it ok for Chinese/US companies to distil? I find it hard to take Anthropic/OpenAI on distillation, because the way see it they started with "distillation" of a
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>> It's annoying that we use broad terms to describe a set of technologies that in some ways can be problematic and in another ways are very beneficial. We gotta evaluate each of these as they come rather than talk about blanket
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by truncate 2mo ago
I sometimes think its somewhat like opioid. Has its use, reduces pain, but then after extended use you also likely get addicted to it and starting having issues.
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by truncate 2mo ago
I wish README is clear whether they are using AI or not, and if so what the guidelines are. Not that anything wrong with using it, but given anyone with $$$ for tokens can do it, its nice to know what their process is etc etc. Gives me more
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by truncate 3mo ago
Overconfidence. These people think they are much smarter than others to be caught.

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