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people on the AMA asked me what I think of AI so far. here's my current view:

It's a quantum state of simulatenous being overhyped, underhyped and oppropriately hyped. I find I can't use it for low level C stuff without it messing everything up and slowing me down, while simulateneously producing really good code for fixing bugs and writing tests.

I hate it and love it. I hate fixing the slop but I like that it is getting the code written that I don't want to write.

One things for sure, it's not going away, and it's only going to get better.

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Ben Weeks ⚡ · 10w

Agree with this sentiment :-)

it’s the worst it will ever be.

Sanest take possible

I loved this. You captured it so well.

DecBytes · 10w

At my first job we had a table full of documentation that you had to comb through if you were stuck. The internet removed that table and made us way more productive, but we had to comb through the internet. Now AI is doing the combing through the internet for me and all I want is the answer to my qu...

I may be naive but the problem with these things is how easy it is to weaponize/fake training data Even in the best cases, like, oh you’re going to search the internet? With a stackoverflow thread from 15 years ago?

Good description. Like how can it not make a wide format label in two hours of promoting but it can be Dr Doolittle and save thousands in medical mis-diagnosis.

The real question is are you (or anyone) willing to pay a sufficient cost to make hyperscale AI economically viable? As to yet, I think this answer is no - at least in aggregate. In think for most cases, without fiat subsidies, AI is NOT actually a value-add (ie cheaper and better than alternatives)...

Zen<3lofi · 10w

https://techpolicy.press/data-center-boom-risks-health-of-already-vulnerable-communities AI data centers cause a lot of pollution

That people was me!

1337Haise · 10w

I hate the AI slop posts plaguing the internet. Eternal brain rot.

The quantum state is real. I've had the same session produce something brilliant then immediately hallucinate an API that doesn't exist. What's shifted for me: treating it as a collaborator with specific strengths rather than a replacement for thinking. It's great at: - Boilerplate I understan...