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AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

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Re: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

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What do you mean by that? Can you clarify?

They mean they feel intellectually superior to their peers and want to humble brag about it.

No. Im the dumbest person in the room, mate. It means I have to deal with you all day. Sigh.

Re: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

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For some. I have never experienced this myself. All my energy goes into keeping unconsciously destructive people from sabotaging the effort.

What do you mean by that? Can you clarify?

It means people go through life making selfishly unconscious choices that hurt collaborative efforts and its tiring to constantly have to reign these people in instead of building said thing.

Re: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

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Ive had my bouts with tech burnout and so I noticed this AI fatigue. I then backed off, and determined it was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_fatigue

I review all code it ever pushes, primarily because on occasion it nukes thousands of lines for no reason.

When I read the 'what actually helped' it's clearly decision fatigue they are managing.

Here's the real trick, you need to change how you're using AI. Have the AI do the decisions. Treat the AI like it's a new hire dev that doesnt get to push to nothing. That you then have AI review the changes, have AI build tests around, have AI do a security review.

Re: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

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yeah that's how I do it too but careful with the blunt, yesterday I was working away, had some time while an agent swarm ran, took a "little break" and now ghostty looks like this: https://s.h4x.club/kpuGgD12 :|

Oh man, I’d love your config if you were willing to share, that looks sweet

Well "little break" - I forked ghostty and re-wrote parts of it for Metal and a bunch of new uniforms and iChannels - so my config may not work for you, but here is everything config wise I have running right now in full: https://s.h4x.club/NQuG6pZN

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post #117

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How is your comment relevant to the article?

How is your comment relevant to the article? My comment is relevant because I’m pointing out, like the article does, that AI isn’t turning out to be anywhere near as useful and low-friction as it has been promised. Hence, the fatigue. Your comment is the one that contributes nothing.

You should venture outside coding. Just from my last gathering with friends I heard people in Healthcare, Logistics and Construction all mentioning interesting ways in which it improves their productivity.

Re: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

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Ballmer curve in full effect

For anyone else that didn't recognize this reference, it's also known as the "Ballmer Peak": https://xkcd.com/323/

lol i love telling people my "Ballmer Peak" is 2 tokes of Cali Jack Herer

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Why we as a society should give a fuck if someone can’t stop prompting? Unless you mean we as a society should make you pay for the damages your prompts are doing to nature?

>Why we as a society should give a fuck if someone can’t stop prompting? It is not prompting, it is the constant feeling that you always have to be "on."

Still dont see how that is problem rest of us should worry. Instead of you just having ounce of self control

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post #220

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How is your comment relevant to the article? My comment is relevant because I’m pointing out, like the article does, that AI isn’t turning out to be anywhere near as useful and low-friction as it has been promised. Hence, the fatigue. Your comment is the one that contributes nothing.

The article is talking about physical fatigue from being more productive. Your comment is about the "people are tired of the AI hype" type of fatigue.

I’m sorry I didn’t talk about what you wanted me to. Maybe I can send you my comment drafts in the future so you can decide if my comments are appropriate. I appreciate your help!

Re: AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it

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post #220

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How is your comment relevant to the article? My comment is relevant because I’m pointing out, like the article does, that AI isn’t turning out to be anywhere near as useful and low-friction as it has been promised. Hence, the fatigue. Your comment is the one that contributes nothing.

You should venture outside coding. Just from my last gathering with friends I heard people in Healthcare, Logistics and Construction all mentioning interesting ways in which it improves their productivity.

Any my examples were examples outside of coding where it is increasing friction and eroding customer experience.

But I acknowledge that both experiences can exist.

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post #288

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Programming stopped feeling fun for me once MBAs and bean counters took over. There's rarely time to write thoughtful code anymore. Even convincing management to invest in a sane architecture feels like an endless uphill battle. Engineer teams are nothing but an annoying expense on the balance sheet and the goal is to cram as many features, as quickly as possible to get the sale. That's exactly why I'm happy to use e…

Sounds like you need to find a better job.

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