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I’m impressed with how vapid a post can be and still find success on Hacker News.

They got rid of test managers. Then testers. The industry said everyone should be responsible for testing— which means no one is. Now AI tests? Except not really. It claims to perf…

It is a fact that humans are able to de-humanize each other. This is bad. But that is not an argument or reason for anthropomorphizing every inanimate object. And if you want to dr…

Yes. Also, LLMs are not people. They are not going to be people. And the only people who think they SHOULD be people either don't care about the destruction of humanity (they must …

Not done. I can write a BASIC program that says “PRINT ‘I do not want to die’” This does not mean it is an entity that does not want to die. But that does not matter anyway. We can…

Yes, so what? Rocks are also not people. I declare it. But you think there is some problem with calling rocks not people? The fact of declaring something a non-person does not prov…

That’s not a call for slavery. Because only people can be slaves. We don’t need legislation to declare that a solid iron bar is not your mommy, but somehow not everyone is clear th…

Women are real? What does that mean? They are real what? Real womeny? Womenesque?

Bullshitting has potentially severe consequences to the bullshitter. A good reputation is worth a lot. Of course, Elon Musk makes many millions with his bullshit. I admit that.

This has nothing to do with creativity ending. It sounds like those videos were utterly unremarkable, and the author is telling the story of people with low standards. It’s as if t…

If counterfeit or stolen cash is indistinguishable from real or honest cash, should you accept it? Should you spend it? No. Why? Because doing so erodes and potentially destroys so…

“AI generated” is already a slur.

If I am asked a question, and I refer it to an LLM, that’s because I have no respect for you.

I can’t read it. Am I AI? Bleep blorp?

"Quality is the absence of problems" is an example of the reification fallacy, because a problem is not a fixed thing. A problem is only a problem because someone decides it is so.…

Once again, Dr. Dolittle’s seminal work is ignored.

This is inkblot test. Some will read it and see fundamental irrationality. Others will read it and say “it could have worked out if a couple of things had gone their way.” The stor…

If you “get out of the way” you also lose your situational awareness and become and outsider to your own work.

It's not a good look to start a comment with any variation of "you're being rude," either. So I guess both of us are prickly? You misunderstood my blog post in an odd way that's ha…

I bet those henchmen in Bond movies thought that the volcano base was merely a government-funded secret research facility.

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 …

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 …

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 wh…