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    Comment #49226178

    > 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 itera…

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    Comment #49223885

    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 sur…

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    Comment #49192922

    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 tal…

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    Comment #49191583

    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 …

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    Comment #49176332

    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 l…

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    Comment #49165185

    >> 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 superi…

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    Comment #49164560

    >> 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, mo…

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    Comment #49120596

    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 Googl…

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    Comment #49076762

    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 …

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    Comment #48955635

    >> 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 t…

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    Comment #48930927

    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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    Comment #48929896

    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, i…

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    Comment #48866395

    Overconfidence. These people think they are much smarter than others to be caught.

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    Comment #48714152

    So far most of the "discussion" on this thread is why did he post this. He just posted what he thought others missed, if people find it useless it will further down the page. TLDR,…

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    Comment #48607055

    >> Any definitive claim to know what are the right things kids should learn in a moment of rapid technological shift is probably garbage and just a projection of our own biases. I'…

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    Comment #48605518

    Also house is built in 1890s. Had renovations, but who knows how much more work it needs.

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    Comment #48604201

    Totally agree! For anyone who still thinks kids should use AI, another argument to make is we are still figuring out AI (hence the constant debate on it, hype, uncertainty, boundar…

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    Comment #48565810

    > Sure, they're losing a whole lot of money too. Same goes for almost every other hyper-growth company in the history of tech That doesn't mean anything. There are examples to make…

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    Comment #48456167

    You can switch to local models for tasks/use-cases where you don't need top tier models.

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    Comment #48422395

    >> Let’s face it: by the time I manually ship version 1.0 of a product, the AI-assisted version could have been deployed 10x faster. By then, enough real-world feedback would have …

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    Comment #48392859

    Types are useful for squeezing more performance.

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    Comment #48259548

    By that logic, most politicians making election promises didn’t lie or under delivered. They just changed their minds.

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    Comment #48244693

    What are you saying then? Don't question or point out things that seem weird? Drink the kool-aid?

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    Comment #48244207

    dot-com bubble? It's less about black or white, and more about how much of it. Nothing weird to me about caring given how it all also impacts peoples lives and much wilder all thes…

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    Comment #48242608

    Its a polarizing world with AI. There are fanboys drinking the kool-aid blindly listening to whatever Sammy/Dario/... say as gospel, and on other side there are haters who again bl…