Yes, a lot of posts on HN are also about AI. Used to have more variety.
It doesn't have to be that way. Filter it out! https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude
Tell HN: I'm sick of AI everything
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#123Yes, a lot of posts on HN are also about AI. Used to have more variety.
For me the biggest loss was the explore tabs on github, particularly the trending repositories. You used to be able to go there and find a trendy project or two.
Nowadays, either it is something with an outstanding presentation like copyparty, or it's all just AI and AI serving schlock.
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#124Nothing makes me hit that close button faster than those fake voices everywhere now. That overly polished narrator on every other TikTok, half the YouTube videos read by the same auto-tuned robot (that apparently people over 60 can't tell is a robot). And don't get me started on streamers with like a confidence voice filter. Fuck all that noise. And it's only going to get worse. Is this what getting old feels like? H…
> Is this what getting old feels like? Hating everything the rest of society is racing to embrace?
I don’t think so. Some societies are racing to embrace mass surveillance and abuse of civil rights. Pointing this out and complaining about it is not “hate” and not reserved for old people only. :)
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#125For me it’s just become…incredibly boring. There’s something uninspiring about a machine thats supposed to “do the hard things for you” so to speak. I like using my mind and understanding things deeply. Sure you could say that “managing the AI” can be deeply understood in a way but it’s just not exciting.
What's your claim to fame for life's work of using your mind?
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#126For me it’s just become…incredibly boring. There’s something uninspiring about a machine thats supposed to “do the hard things for you” so to speak. I like using my mind and understanding things deeply. Sure you could say that “managing the AI” can be deeply understood in a way but it’s just not exciting.
"But just need to know how to prompt AI properly to..," - Write a new top 40 song no talent required - Write a business email, a school paper, etc & no talent required - Design a logo, a website, an app, a billboard, etc and no talent required. AI is the best thing to happen to humanity as it mimics & steals humanity for a few pie holes and us the majority does nothing to stop it!
The Top 40 songs were already soulless.
Now that anyone can generate a halfway decent pop song at the snap of the finger leads to one of three outcomes. We all just listen to our own interactive stations and have no shared culture, pressure is put on industry to differentiate with a higher quality product, the technology is democratizing and unlocks a new generation of creatives who are able to work with it creating an amplified output.
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#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am curious where you draw your line. We have all sorts of “machines that do the hard things for you”, do you shun them all? Cars, washing machines, lawnmowers, etc… I know that AI has some different characteristics than those technologies, but my point is that I don’t think your issue is that does the hard things for you… there has to be something else going on.
I don’t know that washing machines have replaced understanding things on a deep level but if they have for you I’m very curious to hear how.
The zen of doing your chores by hand
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#128I get your frustration. I do not dislike AI. It has potential to change and improve the human condition. With that being said, it has its downsides with workforce displacement being at the top of the list, for me at least. Unemployment, however, has been prevalent in the US for many decades, mostly due to political maneuvering of previous politicians. AI has just made things a bit more difficult for the workforce, es…
> To fix this, AI companies should refocus their goals to account for the displacement of human roles as they continue to improve AIs. They should start doing that sooner rather than later.
It's a good thing then, that corporations have such a good reputation for never externalizing the costs their products inflict on society & the planet.
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#129Amen.
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#130For me it’s just become…incredibly boring. There’s something uninspiring about a machine thats supposed to “do the hard things for you” so to speak. I like using my mind and understanding things deeply. Sure you could say that “managing the AI” can be deeply understood in a way but it’s just not exciting.
Are you suggesting AI can understand things deeply?
LLM's are fast at applying information, but thinking deeply, they do not.
I love LLM's, because now I can focus more on the creative and thinking deep aspect, and leave most of the typing and stack overflow browsing to the LLM.