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The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

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Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#11

Post by tom_ »

buellerbueller wrote: post #8
absoluteunit1 wrote: post #4

Interesting article. But I don't know if I am imagining it; I'm starting to feel Claude's (AI) writing everywhere. Like this sentence for example: > The genius of the gaucho’s system isn’t storage. It’s integration. The x isn't y. Its z.

Assuming it is AI-written, who cares? Would the article have been written if AI hadn't authored it? Did you derive less utility from the article than had it not been written at all? Bunch of Veruca Salts here. I want ALL the entertainment/information, I want it NOW, I'll pirate it if I have to, and GOD FORBID IT USE AI.

I care. If the article was AI written, I'm massively less interested in writing it, and in fact I'll only do it if absolutely necessary, or if I'm getting paid.

That's just how it is for me. If you disagree: no problem! Some people are inclined to argue with people about their opinions, but I'm not one of them, at least not on this matter.

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#12

Post by buellerbueller »

kakacik wrote: post #10
buellerbueller wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Assuming it is AI-written, who cares? Would the article have been written if AI hadn't authored it? Did you derive less utility from the article than had it not been written at all? Bunch of Veruca Salts here. I want ALL the entertainment/information, I want it NOW, I'll pirate it if I have to, and GOD FORBID IT USE AI.

While I agree that the topic is actually pretty interesting and any decent info > no info, in more general terms we pay with the most important commodity we have - our free time. So just because something is free doesn't mean people automatically flock in masses for it and have uncritical relationship with it.

Yes, but criticism itself takes our free time, and there are better places to allocate that criticism/free time than this particular pile-on.

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#13

Post by buellerbueller »

tom_ wrote: post #11
buellerbueller wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Assuming it is AI-written, who cares? Would the article have been written if AI hadn't authored it? Did you derive less utility from the article than had it not been written at all? Bunch of Veruca Salts here. I want ALL the entertainment/information, I want it NOW, I'll pirate it if I have to, and GOD FORBID IT USE AI.

I care. If the article was AI written, I'm massively less interested in writing it, and in fact I'll only do it if absolutely necessary, or if I'm getting paid. That's just how it is for me. If you disagree: no problem! Some people are inclined to argue with people about their opinions, but I'm not one of them, at least not on this matter.

Wild that the messenger is more important than the message. No wonder politics is such a shitshow these days.

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#14

Post by [deleted] »

buellerbueller wrote: post #13
tom_ wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I care. If the article was AI written, I'm massively less interested in writing it, and in fact I'll only do it if absolutely necessary, or if I'm getting paid. That's just how it is for me. If you disagree: no problem! Some people are inclined to argue with people about their opinions, but I'm not one of them, at least not on this matter.

Wild that the messenger is more important than the message. No wonder politics is such a shitshow these days.

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Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#15

Post by tom_ »

buellerbueller wrote: post #12
kakacik wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I agree that the topic is actually pretty interesting and any decent info > no info, in more general terms we pay with the most important commodity we have - our free time. So just because something is free doesn't mean people automatically flock in masses for it and have uncritical relationship with it.

Yes, but criticism itself takes our free time, and there are better places to allocate that criticism/free time than this particular pile-on.

Be the change you want to see!

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#16

Post by icantevenhold »

absoluteunit1 wrote: post #4

Interesting article. But I don't know if I am imagining it; I'm starting to feel Claude's (AI) writing everywhere. Like this sentence for example: > The genius of the gaucho’s system isn’t storage. It’s integration. The x isn't y. Its z.

Yea I also stumbled across that one. Overall the article was really enjoyable to read, but this one sentence threw me off.

X isnt y it’s Z needs to die

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#17

Post by buellerbueller »

tom_ wrote: post #15
buellerbueller wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but criticism itself takes our free time, and there are better places to allocate that criticism/free time than this particular pile-on.

Be the change you want to see!

By whingeing about an allegedly Claude-written blog post on [checks notes] carryology.com???

Literal Gandhi!

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#18

Post by ThrustVectoring »

buellerbueller wrote: post #8
absoluteunit1 wrote: post #4

Interesting article. But I don't know if I am imagining it; I'm starting to feel Claude's (AI) writing everywhere. Like this sentence for example: > The genius of the gaucho’s system isn’t storage. It’s integration. The x isn't y. Its z.

Assuming it is AI-written, who cares? Would the article have been written if AI hadn't authored it? Did you derive less utility from the article than had it not been written at all? Bunch of Veruca Salts here. I want ALL the entertainment/information, I want it NOW, I'll pirate it if I have to, and GOD FORBID IT USE AI.

The intent to communicate particular ideas is actually important to the writing. If you have a lot of well put together words with relatively low intentionality behind it, what you have is something that is very effective at wasting your time. If I want to waste my time I'd rather be playing videogames.

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

#19

Post by r0han »

buellerbueller wrote: post #8
absoluteunit1 wrote: post #4

Interesting article. But I don't know if I am imagining it; I'm starting to feel Claude's (AI) writing everywhere. Like this sentence for example: > The genius of the gaucho’s system isn’t storage. It’s integration. The x isn't y. Its z.

Assuming it is AI-written, who cares? Would the article have been written if AI hadn't authored it? Did you derive less utility from the article than had it not been written at all? Bunch of Veruca Salts here. I want ALL the entertainment/information, I want it NOW, I'll pirate it if I have to, and GOD FORBID IT USE AI.

> Did you derive less utility from the article than had it not been written at all?

At least in the economic sense of the word, utility is a measure of the subjective value that a person receives in exchange for something.

Re: The Lost Art of Carrying Loads

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Post by grey-area »

buellerbueller wrote: post #13
tom_ wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I care. If the article was AI written, I'm massively less interested in writing it, and in fact I'll only do it if absolutely necessary, or if I'm getting paid. That's just how it is for me. If you disagree: no problem! Some people are inclined to argue with people about their opinions, but I'm not one of them, at least not on this matter.

Wild that the messenger is more important than the message. No wonder politics is such a shitshow these days.

If you read the objections you’ll see they are about content (or lack of it) not the producer of the content.

Perhaps you are unable to tell the difference, but for others reading this sort of ersatz thought is like a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.

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