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I had a new colleague on the team, who I had to on-board. I gave him a few simple tasks, just to get him into the whole setup. He literally copy/pasted my task description into Claude and asked it to complete the task. To begin with, I didn't suspect this, so when he asked for more help, I gladly wrote up a detailed explanation with more information and detail for him to learn. Little did I know, he never read it but…
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In some cases there's also no preparation or verification happening at all, which massively inflates the productivity gains of AI. Lots of VCs and investors asking companies to move into "trust the AI" mode. I once consulted for a company in the content marketing business that was one of the largest and fastest growing startups of its country. The content production in itself was "cheap", a dollar for 500 words. But…
> Now virtually all content is generated by AI and the old customers don't have anyone to verify anymore. i see this first-hand at $company, where the pr's are so obtuse and descriptions are incomprehensible or just too long and gratuitous that thorough code review is also falling by the wayside and becoming more of a "rubber stamp"; this is what management is calling "productivity boost"...
I have a dirty secret: I do the design myself.
Productivity gains are still there. People are amazed at the "AI".
And no one has mentioned Rovo yet. Atlassian's in-built AI assistant for JIRA will generate a task description with a complete SDLC task breakdown, requirements and deliverables. While the person creating the task will need to provide some details and modify some of the generated text (if they bother to read it) - the sheer verbosity and the fact it's clearly generated just makes you not want to engage with it.
I had a new colleague on the team, who I had to on-board. I gave him a few simple tasks, just to get him into the whole setup. He literally copy/pasted my task description into Claude and asked it to complete the task. To begin with, I didn't suspect this, so when he asked for more help, I gladly wrote up a detailed explanation with more information and detail for him to learn. Little did I know, he never read it but…
> Not even sure how I should handle it, but my first instinct was to get extremely annoyed. Have you watched Frieren? Just keep a distance from them. https://frieren.fandom.com/wiki/Demon "Demons are deceptive by nature, and typically speak with humans for a specific purpose, such as securing mercy or lowering vigilance. They treat language as a tool, using words without truly grasping their meaning. ..."
I increasingly find that I don't care whether I am talking to an anonymous AI or an anonymous human, and believe that we will increasingly stop caring. Because why not? AI will simply on average be nicer to talk to than most humans, with clearer thinking and better arguments, less contradictions, and easier to comprehend. I don't know how humans could compete with that (but it also does not seem all that horrible, gi…
I think it’s safe to say that this will not be consensus. Personally, I am getting increasingly (irrationally) angry at AI generated content. AI generated art quite literally makes me nautious. I mean an actual, physical reaction where I feel queasy. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way, and notice more and more people reporting the same. Several of my non-technical AI generated content is bland and soulles…
Have you tested yourself on this, e.g. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/how-did-you-do-on-the-ai-ar... ? The works shown here are IMO very impressive overall, especially in the impressionist style. And the test was originally given in October 2024, i.e. an eternity ago in model-advancement years.