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Re: Microsoft Amplifier

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Post by dr_dshiv »

jug wrote: post #23

I'll always be skeptical about using AI to amplify AI. I think humans are needed to amplify AI since humans are so far documented to be significantly more creative and proactive in pushing the frontier than AI. I know, it's maybe a radical concept to digest.

Based on clear, operational definitions, AI is definitely more creative than humans. E.g., can easily produce higher scores on a Torrance test of divergent thinking. Humans may still be more innovative (defined as creativity adopted into larger systems), though that may be changing.

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Post by SilverElfin »

rco8786 wrote: post #29

A lot of snark in these comments. Has anyone actually tried it yet?

I’ve seen people discuss these types of approaches on X. To me it looks like the concepts here are already tried and popular - they’re just packaging it up so that people who aren’t as deep in that world can get the same benefits. But I’m not an expert.

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Post by alganet »

> "I have more ideas than time to try them out" — The problem we're solving

I see a possible paradox here.

For exploration, my goal is _to learn_. Trying out multiple things is not wasting time, it's an intensive learning experience. It's not about finding what works fast, but understanding why the thing that works best works best. I want to go through it. Maybe that's just me though, and most people just want to get it done quickly.

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Post by falcor84 »

bgwalter wrote: post #20

Can we get Windows 7 back instead? Nadella rode the cloud wave in an easy upmarket, his "AI" obsession will fail. No one wants this. The Austrian army already switched to LibreOffice for security reasons, we don't need another spyware and code stealing tool.

> No one wants this

There are many many people who want better AI coding tools, myself included. It might or might not fail, but there is a clear and strong opportunity here, that it would be foolish of any large tech company to not pursue.

Re: Microsoft Amplifier

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Post by jsheard »

jug wrote: post #23

I'll always be skeptical about using AI to amplify AI. I think humans are needed to amplify AI since humans are so far documented to be significantly more creative and proactive in pushing the frontier than AI. I know, it's maybe a radical concept to digest.

> I'll always be skeptical about using AI to amplify AI.

This project was in part written by Claude, so for better or worse I think we're at least 3 levels deep here (AI-written code which directs an AI to direct other AIs to write code).

Re: Microsoft Amplifier

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Post by ridruejo »

hansmayer wrote: post #26
ridruejo wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How can it be gatekeeping when they are literally making it easier to use? The analogy is probably closer to a Linux distro. You can put everything together yourself but if someone gives you a pre integrated environment with best practices it makes it easier to get started

How on earth does this compare to a Linux distro? What are you even talking about here?

I see a Linux distro as a collection of libraries that someone puts together following best practices and conventions (ie all config files go into /etc). The similarity with this project is that Microsoft has taken a collection of tools and best practices and put them together in an easy to install package
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