The human-in-the-loop is tired • Hacker News Board

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by singingtoday » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC

maxcoder3344 wrote: post #17

N_Lens wrote: post #2

While I appreciate and agree with the key points of the post, Claude's writing style fingerprints are all over it and I guess it's even more exhausting to read someone's AI written article.

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If complaining is exhausting to you, then I recommend avoiding Internet comments.

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by bgun » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC

maxcoder3344 wrote: post #17

N_Lens wrote: post #2

While I appreciate and agree with the key points of the post, Claude's writing style fingerprints are all over it and I guess it's even more exhausting to read someone's AI written article.

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Complaints about complainers are even more exhausting.

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by singingtoday » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC

happytoexplain wrote: post #20

maxcoder3344 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I have such a hard time believing the implied premise of these complaints-about-complaints. Just say you don't mind AI writing - make that argument. Don't make this nonsensical, defeatist, "if it's common, stop criticizing it" argument.

Well put. This kind of rebuttal, the "I'm not A, you're A", is not only tired, it's a strait up school yard fallacy.

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by akeck » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:15 AM UTC

Reminds me of "The Animal is Tired" (2021) (https://www.robinhobb.com/blog/archives/2021-05)

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by singingtoday » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC

applfanboysbgon wrote: post #7

> The honest truth > That loss is real and it's worth naming I think I will not heed the first sentence and bear with this. What motivates people to do this? What do they get out of prompting Claude for some vapid "thought piece" and spamming it on the internet?

It got a lot of clicks here. Clicks equal money.

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by maxcoder3344 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

happytoexplain wrote: post #20

maxcoder3344 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I have such a hard time believing the implied premise of these complaints-about-complaints. Just say you don't mind AI writing - make that argument. Don't make this nonsensical, defeatist, "if it's common, stop criticizing it" argument.

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Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by thrymenarenot » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

It stresses me out for some reason and I'm just working on a hobby project.

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by anon373839 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

hahahaa wrote: post #4

N_Lens wrote: post #2

While I appreciate and agree with the key points of the post, Claude's writing style fingerprints are all over it and I guess it's even more exhausting to read someone's AI written article.

I don't think it is AI, but I bet it has been through editing/review to match a corporate style. LLMs were trained on this.

The writing style, if not AI, is at least a bit tryhard.

Turning to the substance of the article: why do people feel the need to run this fast? I have certainly experimented with letting coding agents run amok. The first few times you try it, it feels like a superpower. Then you start examining the icky choices they made in a codebase that is now a dense forest. Then you have to expend a bunch of effort beating it back into submission. Or I guess you can YOLO and throw more AI at it, but then I agree with the person quoted saying "at that point, what am I still doing here?" This is not a satisfying or sustainable way to build, and there really is no reason other than hype and FOMO to do it.

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by maxcoder3344 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC

singingtoday wrote: post #21

maxcoder3344 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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If complaining is exhausting to you, then I recommend avoiding Internet comments.

Nah just whining about AI. At least it has given the hoards of uninteresting people something to comment on every single hackernews article now

Re: The human-in-the-loop is tired

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Post by _fs » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 3:21 AM UTC

maxcoder3344 wrote: post #26

happytoexplain wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have such a hard time believing the implied premise of these complaints-about-complaints. Just say you don't mind AI writing - make that argument. Don't make this nonsensical, defeatist, "if it's common, stop criticizing it" argument.

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