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The typing was never the bottleneck.
Based on what I'm using AI for these days, seems like it always was.
So there are these things called "text editors"
Not everyone is using AI for everything
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Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything
#522On the post-grad job hunt right now - I note that most employers will ask in a technical interview or whiteboard interview "how are you using LLMs?" It's tough to answer because you want to hedge for both an AI enthused employer and an AI hesitant employer with limited information about who they are and how they personally use these products. I've been responding with a sort of long winded answer about how 'there is…
> It's tough to answer because you want to hedge for both an AI enthused employer and an AI hesitant employer with limited information about who they are and how they personally use these products. Have you considered just answering truthfully? Would you even want to work somewhere where you need to play a role and where they flip out when you say the wrong word you should've correctly guessed through mind reading? T…
On top of the other answer, the people interviewing you might be HR people ressource with limited tech knowledge and this lack of nuance.
They are here recruit "AI ready engineer" or other vague, bullshitty slogan.
You often need to pass this first barrier to discuss with real futur colleagues. Thus you have to give them what they want to hear.
Which is hard on AI considering how polarised the subject is.
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#523Earlier quoted context omitted.
Acknowledging that my perception might be skewed because there are still a ton of social safety nets in place. The same might not be true everywhere.
Last time I was in Germany I saw elderly people going through garbage bins in the park I sat at. I think you overestimate the safety net in Germany. In my European country the elderly sit at cafes drinking coffee, not going through bins. Update: Every street corner has a yellow garbage bin for recycling. That is where your plastic bottles go. Seems like a better system than having elderly going through bins.
It's the 'gift-economy'.
"My trash, a flash of joy.
For the poor people.
Enabling me, the blissful sheeple,
to consume on with abandon.
Everybody won."
Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything
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But it doesn't make sense to do a job you'd hate. Just be honest, land the job where you're happy.
> it doesn't make sense to do a job you'd hate That assumes using/not using ai will make me hate the job. Which is not true at all for me. Would be perfectly happy either way. (Or rather to say my happyness would depend on other factors.) Obviously i wouldn’t want to be the only team member not using AI in a team using AI or vice versa.
Answer like that, be honest.
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How much of that use is driven by corporate mandates to use AI anywhere and everywhere (even when it's a terrible fit)?
I'd love to see credible numbers on that. I find it hard to believe that stupid corporate mandates are responsible for more than a small fraction of usage, but without data I have just my own instincts to go on there.
If the corporate mandates weren't the reason for the number being so high, I would expect the outside of work data to be more aligned.
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As a contractor who built a lot of predictive systems and workflows in last three years I can tell you that quite often there is a specific request to put AI into it even when it is not needed and would objectively make the system worse, slower and more expensive. The AI psychosis is a real thing.
So then, do you put AI into it anyway because they asked for it, or do you tell them that you won’t do that?
I'm sorry, David, I'm afraid I can't do that.
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I typically seek employment for the free electricity, coffee, internet, water, microwave usage and coverage from rain. Some employers even offer showers! The best benefit about working in a large office is that nobody checks the basement.
> I typically seek employment Your username does not check out.
Check their bio.
Re: Not everyone is using AI for everything
#528Earlier quoted context omitted.
But it doesn't make sense to do a job you'd hate. Just be honest, land the job where you're happy.
> But it doesn't make sense to do a job you'd hate. Just be honest, land the job where you're happy. In this economy it's really a luxury to nitpick about the job when there are bills to pay, mouths to feed, a roof over one's head is a must. The well of have a lot more options regarding this.
As a software developer with a non-bloated lifestyle? Bullshit.
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How far could you reduce this down? Do you only clap for malnourished Ethiopian babies that can't find waterthat grow up into full silicon Valley software engineers?
You can be dismissive all you want, but the point is to acknowledge you don’t understand everyone’s situation and you can’t make sweeping generalizations like “I did it and I can judge you if you _didn’t_ do it”.
You can also acknowledge that most people abandon their principles long before they are anywhere close to starving and will not be harmed (physically) by being reminded of that.
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A vague word that can be spun to your own perspective based on a tower of other vague words and personal values. I don’t think we’re talking about slaves are we?
It's slavery or nothing, eh? Whatever happened to nuance?
It got dismissed as only being an option for the privileged.