Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Don't be a meat proxy

gruhn.me

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

101–110 of 786 posts

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#101

Post by samlinnfer »

Malcolmlisk wrote: post #89
samlinnfer wrote: post #80

The real reason people do it: 1. It's quick 2. It's not their problem anymore because they've replied. No amount of hand-wringing is going to change that.

And nobody gives a fuck at work anymore. Directives want results, positive numbers and growth. How well done is and the queality of the product is something trivial. Until february/april I was super dead serious about the quality of my apps and my code, I was super strict and always looking for excellence and quality. But people were delivering shit faster than me and someone who doesnt give a fuck about anything of…

Based

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#102

Post by throw1234567891 »

globular-toast wrote: post #92

I wrote about this a year ago: https://blog.gpkb.org/posts/just-send-me-the-prompt/ Sending LLM outputs to people is worse than useless, because you don't even know what they prompted with. For all you know it was "write me a paragraph justifying my opinion".

Or you could learn to verify what they sent you. Geezus fuck. How about knowing why did they ask this, and not some other question.

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#103

Post by f6v »

jpnc wrote: post #2

If you create a machine for laziness you're going to get lazy people. It's only going to get worse I'm afraid. Do you guys think we're going to see a de-evolution of human beings due to technology?

Human intelligence evolved without technology, so, no.

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#104

Post by Perz1val »

nojs wrote: post #82

The problem is a lot of people ask questions that claude et al can objectively answer way better than me, and they didn’t think to ask. Should I a) give a worse answer b) ask claude and launder it as a meat proxy or c) tell them to ask claude? b and c piss people off but often get them to a better answer.

How about being truthful? Say "I think A, but I'm not really an expert, so also try asking your favorite LLM"

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#105

Post by DoDecaHeJon »

This is becoming frustrating, it shows up in conversation with friends and while working. If I have to hear what ai had you do before you called me, I'm charging double right away. Especially when ai is a fantastic teacher if used correctly.

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#108

Post by throw310822 »

maccard wrote: post #91

At my last job, a coworker did this to me. The first time it happened, I ignored it. The second time, I responded in public saying “thanks but I can ask Claude myself.” Nobody ever pasted me an LLM response again. YMMV with team size and seniority though

[flagged]

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#109

Post by [deleted] »

f6v wrote: post #103
jpnc wrote: post #2

If you create a machine for laziness you're going to get lazy people. It's only going to get worse I'm afraid. Do you guys think we're going to see a de-evolution of human beings due to technology?

Human intelligence evolved without technology, so, no.

[deleted]

Re: Don't be a meat proxy

#110

Post by FridgeSeal »

madeofpalk wrote: post #79
_0ffh wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, stupid and lazy people will be stupid and lazy. AI is just another tool they can use to be stupid and lazy while pretending to contribute.

The problem is that it’s even easier to be stupid and lazy now, which encourages more people to do this more often.

Management/exec have also decided that this is a desirable form of “stupid and lazy” and are actively encouraging it, and discouraging the “old way”.
Post reply on HN