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0 pointssimianwords5d ago0 comments

Its interesting to see this author's historical takes about AI.

IMO it reads a little desperate and very much like the hype bros but from opposite side. Take a look at the articles if you don't believe.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/ai/

- I'm OK being left behind, thanks!

- Unstructured Data and the Joy of having Something Else think for you

- This time is different

- How close are we to a vision for 2010?

- AI is a NAND Maximiser

- Reputation Scores for GitHub Accounts

- Agentic AI is brilliant because I loath my family

- Stop crawling my HTML you dickheads - use the API!

- Removing "/Subtype /Watermark" images from a PDF using Linux

- LLMs are still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks

- Books will soon be obsolete in school

- Winners don't use ChatGPT

- Grinding down open source maintainers with AI

- Why do people have such dramatically different experiences using AI?

- Large Language Models and Pareidolia

- How to Dismantle Knowledge of an Atomic Bomb

- GitHub's Copilot lies about its own documentation. So why would I trust it with my code?

- LLMs are good for coding because your documentation is shit

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PurpleRamen5d ago

> IMO it reads a little desperate and very much like the hype bros but from opposite side.

I would coin it Chill Guys, and I claim on average they are more often correct than hype bros. We all know the old saying that nobody ever was fired for selecting an established solution/technology. Being chill, staying safe, it's more beneficial in real business. Just wait until the hype has normalized and then start dabbling with the new, when all others starting doing it also. You may not be the frontrunner of a new wave, but you can still ride it well. You are only really left behind when everyone changed, and your income starts drying up, until then, it's just business as usual.

And always remember: when ChatGPT started its hype, many were predicting Googles death and the end of Web searches. Now, 3(?) years later, Google is still around, the search is still going strong, and Gemini is seriously competing with ChatGPT. Hypes come fast and die fast.

simianwordsOP5d ago

this particular person seems to be more wrong than right though.

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