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Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?

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Re: Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What worries me is how it will be harder to differentiate the two now. I don’t want to work with people who just completely delegate their thinking to LLMs all day, but how do you effectively filter them out as an interviewer/interviewee?

Talk to them, without a computer or device as an intermediary. You’ll find out quickly… as they often will have relegated the bulk of their thinking to LLMs.

I've always preferred in person interviews on both sides, but since COVID it's gone out of fashion unfortunately.

Re: Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?

#33
>My LinkedIn feed

That's your problem right there.

When has anyone's LinkedIn feed been anything else than blatant attempts at self-promotion, spam, cliche business advice and empty work-related platitudes (a lot of it AI generated itself nowadays, for extra-slopiness).

Re: Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?

#34
Fake it til you make it baby!

They're just jumping on the hype train but can you really blame them? They've been hearing about how their job will be replaced, how they need to upskill with AI, and they see everyone else doing it. Many probably have no real skills so they're just trying to survive.

Re: Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?

#37

Maybe it's the mediocre people who are most excited about AI because they see it as equalizing them with more interesting and original people.

I’m going to get this post as a tattoo. Somewhere really visible to maximize its reach- maybe the face.
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