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Re: Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

#32

Post by defrost »

jonplackett wrote: post #30

Someone explain how the HN algorithm has put this on the front page

At a guess:

- No "bad history" from submitter.

- No detected "obvious slop" signs

- Relatively (near zero) few comments during first hour, during which time it received steady, unclustered, unique upvotes.

- No actual mod took a look and weighted it either way

HN algo weights against rapid fire comment trees (sign of "controversy / chat" rather than thoughtful content (sort of)), obvious bot activity, upvotes from sketchy sources, etc - other than that submissions are pretty much bound for front page if they get a rate of organic votes.

Re: Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

#33

Post by helloplanets »

> Both conditions used GitHub Copilot (Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Haiku 4.5, depending on study) running in VS Code within isolated Docker containers. The only difference was Mouse tool availability. (https://hic-ai.com/papers/mouse-paper-v13.pdf)

Haiku/Sonnet 4.5 on GitHub Copilot is not a valid comparison whatsoever.

You need to benchmark against Claude Code running Opus. I mean, being revolutionary is a big claim to fame.

Re: Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

#35

Post by handfuloflight »

helloplanets wrote: post #33

> Both conditions used GitHub Copilot (Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Haiku 4.5, depending on study) running in VS Code within isolated Docker containers. The only difference was Mouse tool availability. ( https://hic-ai.com/papers/mouse-paper-v13.pdf ) Haiku/Sonnet 4.5 on GitHub Copilot is not a valid comparison whatsoever. You need to benchmark against Claude Code running Opus. I mean, being revolutionary is a big claim to f…

I guess this is what is meant by AI psychosis?

Re: Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

#36

Post by handfuloflight »

SturgeonsLaw wrote: post #27
blooalien wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "So I’ll have to buy a license for using my mouse now?" You'll have to rent a license to use their mouse.

The most baffling thing is that this is not (as I had assumed) about giving agents control of a mouse cursor, instead it's finer-grained text editing skills. The word mouse has had an established meaning in computing for over half a century, so it seems like an odd term to lay claim to for something so unrelated.

Cursor was taken.

Re: Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

#37

Post by helloplanets »

handfuloflight wrote: post #35
helloplanets wrote: post #33

> Both conditions used GitHub Copilot (Claude Sonnet 4.5 or Haiku 4.5, depending on study) running in VS Code within isolated Docker containers. The only difference was Mouse tool availability. ( https://hic-ai.com/papers/mouse-paper-v13.pdf ) Haiku/Sonnet 4.5 on GitHub Copilot is not a valid comparison whatsoever. You need to benchmark against Claude Code running Opus. I mean, being revolutionary is a big claim to f…

I guess this is what is meant by AI psychosis?

Not at all. This looks just like someone trying to make a quick buck, hyping their product up with bad benchmarks.

Re: Mouse: Precision Editing Tools for AI Coding Agents

#38

Post by handfuloflight »

helloplanets wrote: post #37
handfuloflight wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess this is what is meant by AI psychosis?

Not at all. This looks just like someone trying to make a quick buck, hyping their product up with bad benchmarks.

You don't think there's some LLM behind the scenes deeply encouraging them to pursue this as revolutionary, worthy of patent, etc?
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