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Re: Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

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Post by doright »

I feel like LLMs are inextricably tied to topics like politics which fuels the exhaustion and fatigue. There is also the general pessimism around technology and overvaluation. I see billboards advertising out in the world mentioning some AI service with a bland catchphrase and I'm already thinking, "no more." It's like someone having to consume an entire buffet by themselves. I have never thought about any other type of technology this way before, not even crypto. The word that comes to mind is "Ouroboros".

Maybe it is a coincidence with recent global events also causing an influx of globally broadcast textual information, but this may not bode well for any future advancements in technology that only make certain activities more efficient than they already are. How will this sentiment about technology change in a year? In five?

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

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Post by 3vidence »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #57
3vidence wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me the LLM topic is just all enveloping in a way the other trends haven't been. Obviously there was a a million crypto posts and it was annoying but crypto covered a specific niche of overall software stuff (payment processing). With LLMs it feels like every topic somehow has to come back to LLMs. I currently work as a ML Eng at FAANG so maybe it adds to my exhaustion on the topic.

Crypto currencies became purely speculative asses and their volatility ensured that they wouldn’t be useful for payment processing. Has block chain in general made any progress in payment processing?

I very much agree, just that if you were talking about idk something like compilers people wouldn't barge in about crypto.

Any HN topic now just feels like a small jump to LLMs.

I recognize my above is a bit of a strawman, hard to recall exact posts / comments over the years.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

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Post by 3vidence »

re-thc wrote: post #36
3vidence wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me the LLM topic is just all enveloping in a way the other trends haven't been. Obviously there was a a million crypto posts and it was annoying but crypto covered a specific niche of overall software stuff (payment processing). With LLMs it feels like every topic somehow has to come back to LLMs. I currently work as a ML Eng at FAANG so maybe it adds to my exhaustion on the topic.

> covered a specific niche of overall software stuff (payment processing) At the time it was everything blockchain. Not just payments. Decentralized, smart contracts and the like.

It's true it did get pretty rediculous and somewhat collapsed (at least in public interest).

I just don't see why every time we need to go through the incredible hype / death cycle.

LLMs are a useful tool if used properly, I hope I start seeing them used to create distinct value.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

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Post by jagira »

I have not jumped on to the AI / LLM bandwagon yet. I love writing code and I don't want to outsource that to an AI agent. I guess I also love the process of going through the docs or Googling for answers, when I am stuck or have questions about something. That process has lead to some other learning / discoveries.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

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Post by 3vidence »

000ooo000 wrote: post #52

I've lost interest in HN because it's seemingly only 50% posts about tech on any given day, and most of those are just one of the Thunderbongs of HN reposting some GitHub URL, or a half baked article from 2017. It wouldn't be so bad if the comments remained reasonable, but even those have tended towards the kind of fodder you get on Reddit, over the last year. I browse Lobsters instead if i'm thinking, but the HN hab…

I've been looking for a new space to lurk on for a bit now (hard to replace HN). Hadn't heard of Lobsters might check it out.

Appreciate the post.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

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Post by jamil7 »

3vidence wrote: post #58
teej wrote: post #44

I have been on HN for 16.5 years and I don’t plan to stop now. It’s been worse. Trends come and go. The stories and comments come and go. HN is constantly changing. You can’t attach yourself to how something was before. It will change again. Thats just life.

Appreciate the perspective. I'm on year 9ish of HN, maybe I'm just hitting my first introspective point on the whole space.

Put the no procrastination setting on to short value with a long interval and take a break for a few months. I do the same from time to time and it stops the muscle memory of hitting compile in my IDE and then opening a tab with hn.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone else find LLM related posts causing them to lose interest in HN

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Post by singularity2001 »

pseudosavant wrote: post #21

If this is a poll, my answer is no. I enjoy the discussions around a lot of the HN LLM/AI especially. Most other places are to surface level.

same, this is the most interesting development of our time may be of humankind, and it's not that news is just repeating: there is significant progress almost every week (recently R1 and byte latent tokenization)
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