Being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage

Post by debugnik » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 12:22 PM UTC

furyofantares wrote: post #39

meander_water wrote: post #26

> the "taste-skill discrepancy." Your taste (your ability to recognize quality) develops faster than your skill (your ability to produce it). This creates what Ira Glass famously called "the gap," but I think of it as the thing that separates creators from consumers. This resonated quite strongly with me. It puts into words something that I've been feeling when working with AI. If you're new to something and using AI…

I'm confused. I often say of every genAI I've seen of all types that it is totally lacking in taste and only has skill. And it drastically raises your skill floor immediately, perhaps all the way up to your taste, closing the gap. Maybe that actually is what you were saying? But I'm confused because you used the opposite words.

Post by paulryanrogers » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 12:45 PM UTC

SirHumphrey wrote: post #111

ants_everywhere wrote: post #42

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I usually see the opposite. Detractors from AI often refuse to learn how to use it or argue that it doesn't do everything perfectly so you shouldn't use it. Proponents say it's the process and learning that builds depth and you have to learn how to use it well before you can have a sensible opinion about it. The same disconnect was in place for every major piece of technology, from mechanical weaving, to mechanical c…

> Detractors from AI often refuse to learn how to use it or argue that it doesn't do everything perfectly so you shouldn't use it. But here is the problem - to effectively learn the tool, you must learn to use. Not learning how to effectively AI and then complaining that the results are bad is building a straw-men and then burning it. But what I am giving away when using LLM is not skills, it's the ability to learn t…

Post by alganet » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 1:09 PM UTC

whatevertrevor wrote: post #61

alganet wrote: post #8

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it rewards viral, vague behavior that only draws clicks but doesn't actually generate knowledge

Can you expound? I've heard about some controversy around them not moderating hateful content, which fair enough. But how does it reward anything if you're not engaging with anything outside of direct article links or newsletters you subscribe to? IMO your comment is not constructive unless you think the linked article is "viral vague behavior that only draws clicks"

Post by gcanyon » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 1:45 PM UTC

Post by wizzwizz4 » Sat, Jul 05, 2025, 1:55 PM UTC

xchip wrote: post #101

And drinking to much water is also bad. We already know that too much of anything is bad and that virtue is in the middle. Please stop writing articles like this.