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Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by its-summertime »

schmookeeg wrote: post #3

I am thinking of that quotation that said [paraphrasing] "90% of my skills went to $0, but the other 10% are now worth 1000x" This LLM-fuelled rant/departure is a thought-provoking expression of frustration from someone who focused on the 90%, not the 10% -- namely someone willing to handcraft software like an artisan. I think we're in the mass-production era for code and nobody wants a hand-crafted anything anymore.…

(income × 0 × 0.9) + (income × 1000 × 0.1) = income × 100

Really looking forwards to the 10000% pay raise

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by forty »

nurettin wrote: post #6

LLMs are glorified "LMGTFY" tools. AI assistance doesn't make people experts at anything. Some genz vibe coder isn't getting your job guys calm the heck down.

I think people who are afraid that AI coding is going to replace them should try using it a bit seriously. They should be quickly reassured.

What worries me more (on coding related impact of AI - because of course all the impact on fake news and democracies are much more worrying IMO) is having to deal with code written by others using AI (yes, people can write shity code on their own, but with manageable pace)

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Post by whilenot-dev »

reasonableklout wrote: post #14
MarkusQ wrote: post #2

Wow. That was strangely...something. Simultaneously not what I expected and yet just nailing the vibe of vibe slop frustration.

It's a nice message and I sympathize with the frustration, but the critique falls flat with the author's decision to pivot into AI research.

> Advancements in intelligent AI and LLMs get me excited.

Large and centered on the authors website: https://evansu.com/

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by epolanski »

raincole wrote: post #15

I don't get it. (I'm not trying to throw shades at the author. I know they have no obligation to maintain an open source project. I'm simply having a hard time gasping what's happening.)

Seems like the author is abandoning software because in his opinion due to AI explosion employers don't care anymore about code quality and only quality.

I don't get it either, because that has always been the case, thus most of his post is borderline non sense.

Imo, what happened is that he took the opportunity of him entering academia to vent some stuff and quit maintaining his project.

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by anal_reactor »

nurettin wrote: post #6

LLMs are glorified "LMGTFY" tools. AI assistance doesn't make people experts at anything. Some genz vibe coder isn't getting your job guys calm the heck down.

> Some genz vibe coder isn't getting your job guys calm the heck down.

Then why isn't the software job market recovering

Re: I'm Archiving Picocrypt

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Post by latexr »

subscribed wrote: post #19
DaSHacka wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also the AI ghibli pfp...

What's wrong with it?

It was clearly AI generated. So the author is clearly OK with using AI to generate slop in an area they don’t work in, while simultaneously decrying its use in an area they do work in. If they believe so strongly that AI use is destroying their industry, they should reflect on its effect on other industries too (it is well-documented how artists are being negatively impacted).

I agree with the commenters above that it makes the critique fall flat. The author is saying “This thing is so frustrating and harmful it makes me want to stop working in a field because of it. Oh, by the way, I use this tool myself for other things, and will indeed pivot to contribute directly to them”.

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Post by 4ndrewl »

anal_reactor wrote: post #26
nurettin wrote: post #6

LLMs are glorified "LMGTFY" tools. AI assistance doesn't make people experts at anything. Some genz vibe coder isn't getting your job guys calm the heck down.

> Some genz vibe coder isn't getting your job guys calm the heck down. Then why isn't the software job market recovering

Because a lot of devs were getting a free ride off the back of ten years of zirp money, and firing people is a sure fire way to pump your share options.
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