I am definitely missing the pre-AI writing era

Post by asdff » Wed, Apr 01, 2026, 5:10 PM UTC

raincole wrote: post #44

asdff wrote: post #19

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Well that isn't what I am suggesting. I'm suggesting people ditch x. Reddit. Probably also ditch hn in the next couple months. If you can run a headless agent to post somewhere, just don't bother visiting that site, honestly a great rule of thumb right there. That should leave you with media sources like nyt and your local library, which seems healthier to me. And maybe it might encourage a new type of forum to emerg…

On HN o Reddit you can occasionally read genuine opinions from real people. On newspaper 100% of text is trying to manipulate you.

I'm not sure how you can accept the first point but believe the second point. If you believe there is nuance in reddit there is nuance in the news as well. You think a local sports column is manipulating me? The answer is of course no, unless you want to win a gold medal in mental gymnastics trying to equate a sports column to nation state sponsored agit prop.

Post by sporkland » Thu, Apr 02, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC

aledevv wrote: post #20

I want to emphasize a thought you expressed: > "..but maybe it's a good thing that most of us don't allow this technology to reframe our thoughts." No, you're not the only one experiencing this: I too had the same concerns as you: with every new thought, every new creation, I had to ask the AI's opinion, as if I were no longer able to judge, to decide, without consulting the AI (...just to be safe, you never know...)…

I remember living pre-internet and post-internet, especially post-google and feeling like my own memory was being replaced with an Ethernet cable. The current AI models are definitely carving even more of my brain off, the only thing I'm unsure of is if I'm a better or worse cyborg at each stage. Like even with facts and data at my finger tips I still had to process decisions. I'm wondering what my bio brain's role will be as LLM's progress.

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