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Re: It's not only you, there's an explosion of ChatGPT on HN

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Post by kelseyfrog »

csantini wrote: post #14
sph wrote: post #3

I know it's controversial during this incredible AI hype cycle on this site, but as a AI skeptic and increasingly neo-Luddite, I've reduced the amount I spend on this site by 90% since the start of the year. If only I could add my userscript on my iOS Firefox to just hide any post containing the words "GPT", "AI" or "LLM", but alas, I guess I will have to be productive instead of slacking off reading HN. I honestly m…

I see 3 kind of people, all common on HN: - The luddites: it's just hype. - The doomers: AI will kill us all. - The AI indie hackers: dunno about AI, I'm trying to make money with it. Somehow the intersection is right: AI is not really smart, but it will replace a lot of human activity anyhow.

In the circles I'm in 2019(GPT-2-era) AI was seen through the lens of the artist as a new sort of artistic tool - something that could enable new forms of expression and take media to places it had never gone before.

Sometime toward the end of the diffusion days though, the property rights scissor cut through the community. The conflict had a dramatic cooling effect on AI-created/assisted content.

I just think it's neat how the perception of AI shifts depending on proximity.

Re: It's not only you, there's an explosion of ChatGPT on HN

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Post by eterevsky »

jewel wrote: post #31
eterevsky wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is this possibly related?

Good question. GP is claiming that because ycombinator (YC) investors have put money into AI, we're going to see a lot of AI posts here for the foreseeable future. That's because YC companies use HN to promote their products.

There are hundreds of posts in HN every day and only a few dozens are upvoted to the first page. Assuming you trust YC not to game the upvotes, the amount of AI on the front page should primarily be explained by the interest of the community.

Re: It's not only you, there's an explosion of ChatGPT on HN

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Post by inanutshellus »

chongli wrote: post #46
throwaway049 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Microsoft is bringing OpenAI into Office 365. I predict no loss of employment in busywork, just a bigger output of boring reports per worker.

“The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.” And we thought there was an epidemic of bullshit jobs before! Not only will everyone be spending their days churning out this garbage, but everyone will be forced to read it as well! This is not the dystopia I had in mind! It’s much more boring and missing the cool mirrored shades.

You don't read it, you just ask a bot to tell you what's in it. ;-)

Re: It's not only you, there's an explosion of ChatGPT on HN

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Post by throw99998888 »

sph wrote: post #3

I know it's controversial during this incredible AI hype cycle on this site, but as a AI skeptic and increasingly neo-Luddite, I've reduced the amount I spend on this site by 90% since the start of the year. If only I could add my userscript on my iOS Firefox to just hide any post containing the words "GPT", "AI" or "LLM", but alas, I guess I will have to be productive instead of slacking off reading HN. I honestly m…

I used to be skeptic but not anymore. Since last year I've been using "AI" more and more in day to day life. Like some sort of assistant/consultant on every topic.

Bitcoin changed my life as well.

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Post by gspencley »

germinalphrase wrote: post #76
gspencley wrote: post #48

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From a historical standpoint, you're spot on. Neo-Luddism is still opposition to a lot of modern technologies, but for a very disparate set of reasons. For example, many oppose the mass adoption of social media due to perceived mental health and social impacts. Others oppose smart phones and "screen addiction." These things can qualify as "neo-luddism" even though the opposition is not rooted in job displacement. I'v…

Totally aside - but is there an excellent resource you can recommend for learning more/getting started with stage magic?

If I had to pick one "beginner resource" for the absolute newbie then it's hard to beat the book "Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic." From there you can decide what interests you and thus where to go next, since magic is such a broad field.

One of the reasons I love it so much is that it is a multi-skill discipline and it's really a type of theatre so it can be kept as simple and narrow or as broad and open ended as you want it to be.

https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Wilsons-Complete-Course-Magic/dp...

Re: It's not only you, there's an explosion of ChatGPT on HN

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Post by roflyear »

rafaelero wrote: post #69
roflyear wrote: post #47

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Well, I wouldn't say "what bitcoin got wrong" but rather "what people who were overly hyping bitcoin got wrong" It hasn't totally played out yet, but it doesn't seem like it is on track to be a currency, and the underlying tech hasn't proven to have a ton of uses beyond crypto currencies. Not trying to straw man here, just trying to honestly reply to your comment.

> what people who were overly hyping bitcoin got wrong Did they? It's the best performing asset in the last decade. I think they got it right.

You'd have to substantiate that claim which would probably take significant work.

Re: It's not only you, there's an explosion of ChatGPT on HN

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Post by strange_quark »

Lendal wrote: post #33
sph wrote: post #3

I know it's controversial during this incredible AI hype cycle on this site, but as a AI skeptic and increasingly neo-Luddite, I've reduced the amount I spend on this site by 90% since the start of the year. If only I could add my userscript on my iOS Firefox to just hide any post containing the words "GPT", "AI" or "LLM", but alas, I guess I will have to be productive instead of slacking off reading HN. I honestly m…

It does feel a bit like Bitcoin hype, in that I know there's something wrong with it but I can't quite put my finger on it or explain it. But this is why it's also likely to last a long time, just like Bitcoin did, because it's so enticing and yet so difficult to articulate exactly what it is that's wrong. I'm at that level where I'm just smart enough to know something is wrong here, but not smart enough to say what…

I completely agree with this. The timing of this AI hype cycle is very suspicious. Like almost as soon as crypto started to go bust with the collapse of FTX, all of the sudden, here's ChatGPT and a huge inflow of cash into AI startups.

My hot take (or maybe it's not that hot) is that post-Trump, and especially post-Jan 6, the general public has really soured on big tech. Combined with the smartphone and social media growth really slowing down, and now, non-zero interest rates, the industry is desperately searching for its "next big thing". Which is why these technologies, first crypto, and now AI, are in turbo mode and speed-running the hype cycle.

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