Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI • Hacker News Board

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by johnnyanmac » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:15 AM UTC

aboardRat4 wrote: post #25

johnnyanmac wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm Assuming his Twitter is private right now, but his Mastodon does share the same event (minus the "nuclear"): https://hachyderm.io/@robpike/115782101216369455 And a screenshot just in case (archiving Mastodon seems tricky) : https://imgur.com/a/9tmo384 Seems the event was true, if nothing else. EDIT: alternative screenshot: https://ibb.co/xS6Jw6D3 Apologies for not having a proper archive. I'm not at a computer an…

Don't use imgur, it blocks half of the Internet.

Understood, I added another host to my comment.

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by claudinec » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:17 AM UTC

ks2048 wrote: post #14

I was going to say "a link to the BlueSky post would be better than a screenshot". I thought public BlueSky posts weren't paywalled like other social media has become... But, it looks like this one requires login (maybe because of setting made by the poster?): https://bsky.app/profile/robpike.io/post/3matwg6w3ic2s

Yeah that's a user setting (set for each post).

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by jakelazaroff » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:17 AM UTC

strangescript wrote: post #28

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Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by coip » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:19 AM UTC

Hear hear

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by abetusk » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:19 AM UTC

linguae wrote: post #6

Assuming this post is real (it’s a screenshot, not a link), I wonder if Rob Pike has retired from Google? I share these sentiments. I’m not opposed to large language models per se, but I’m growing increasingly resentful of the power that Big Tech companies have over computing and the broader economy, and how personal computing is being threatened by increased lockdowns and higher component prices. We’re beyond the da…

https://bsky.app/profile/robpike.io/post/3matwg6w3ic2s

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by mikojan » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:21 AM UTC

strangescript wrote: post #28

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And environmental damage. And damage to our society. Though nobody here tried to stop LLMs. The genie is out of the bottle. You can still hate it. And of course enact legislation to reduce harm.

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by nmeagent » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:21 AM UTC

f_allwein wrote: post #16

stackghost wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's real, he posted this to his bluesky account.

And here it is: https://bsky.app/profile/robpike.io/post/3matwg6w3ic2s

"You must sign in to view this post."

No.

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by refulgentis » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:25 AM UTC

baobun wrote: post #3

No "going nuclear" there. A human and emotional reaction I think many here can relate to. BTW I think it's preferred to link directly to the content instead of a screenshot on imgur.

X, The Everything App, requires an account for you to even view a tweet link. No clever way around it :/

Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by baobun » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:26 AM UTC

foresto wrote: post #27

baobun wrote: post #3

No "going nuclear" there. A human and emotional reaction I think many here can relate to. BTW I think it's preferred to link directly to the content instead of a screenshot on imgur.

Does HN allow links to content that's not publicly viewable?

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Re: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI

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Post by ronsor » Fri, Dec 26, 2025, 6:26 AM UTC

jakelazaroff wrote: post #33

strangescript wrote: post #28

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> believes that AI training data is built on the theft of people's labor

I mean, this is an ideological point. It's not based in reason, won't be changed by reason, and is really only a signal to end the engagement with the other party. There's no way to address the point other than agreeing with them, which doesn't make for much of a debate.

> an 1800s plantation owner saying "can you imagine trying to explain to someone 100 years from now we tried to stop slavery because of civil rights"

I understand this is just an analogy, but for others: people who genuinely compare AI training data to slavery will have their opinions discarded immediately.