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Post by bigfishrunning »

jama211 wrote: post #149
9rx wrote: post #89

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> AI is a powerful tool for those who are willing to put in the work. No more powerful than I without the A. The only advantage AI has over I is that it is cheaper, but that's the appeal of the blockchain as well: It's cheaper than VISA. The trouble with the blockchain is that it hasn't figured out how to be useful generally. Much like AI, it only works in certain niches. The past interest in the blockchain was premi…

But an I + and AI (as in a developer with access to AI tools) is as near as makes no difference the same price as just an I, and _can_ be better than just an I.

That's debatable -- if you follow all of the rules, and go through 25 review steps (which is the least fun part of software development...), you've squandered the advantage of using the AI in the first place. If you don't, you move very fast but your output is likely terrible and you'll eventually have to pay back the tech debt. The temptation to do less is extremely attractive here.

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Post by billy99k »

scrollaway wrote: post #504
jasonsb wrote: post #82

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Objectively. I’m now tackling tasks I wouldn’t have even considered two or three years ago, but the biggest breakthrough has been overcoming procrastination. When AI handles over 50% of the work, there’s a 90% chance I’ll finish the entire task faster than it would normally take me just to get started on something new.

Incredible how many people here just don’t believe you because it doesn’t reflect their personal experience. I want to second your experience as I’ve had the same as well. Tackling SO many more tasks than before and at such a crazy pace. I’ve started entire businesses I wouldn’t have just because of AI. But at the same time, some people have weird blockers and just can’t use AI. I don’t know what it is about it - may…

Now is a good time to use it to make money, before it gets to the point where everyone is using it.

I've been using it for almost a year now, and it's definitely improved my productivity. I've reduced work that normally takes a few hours to 20 minutes. Where I work, my manager was going to hire a junior developer and ended up getting a pro subscription to Claude instead.

I also think it will be a concern for that 50-something developer that gets laid off in the coming years, has no experience with AI, and then can't find a job because it's a requirement.

My cousin was a 53 year old developer and got laid off two years ago. He looked for a job for 6 months and then ended up becoming an auto mechanic at half the salary, when his unemployment ran out.

The problem is that he was the subject matter expert on old technology and virtually nobody uses it anymore.

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Post by CuriouslyC »

cheema33 wrote: post #326
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I don't think it's helped me do anything I couldn't do, in fact I've learned it's far easier to do hard things myself than trying to prompt an AI out of the ditches it will dig trying to do it. But I also find it's great for getting painful and annoying tasks out of the way that I really can't motivate to do myself.

> I don't think it's helped me do anything I couldn't do I am seeing a pattern here. It appears that AI isn't for everyone. Not everyone's personality may be a good fit for using AI. Just like not everybody is a good candidate for being a software dev, or police officer etc. I used to think that it is a tool. Like a car is. Everybody would want one. But that appears not be the case. For me, I used AI every day as a t…

That's an interesting perspective, I don't think it's an innate thing though, I think it's a mindset issue. Humans are adaptable, but we're even more stubborn.

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Post by temperceve »

salviati wrote: post #536
ensocode wrote: post #498

In the beginning, I was really curious about ChatGPT—a tool that could save me from useless blogs, pushy products, and research roadblocks. Then it started asking follow-up questions, and I got a bit uneasy… where is this trying to take me? Now it feels like the goal is to pull me into a discussion, ultimately consulting me on what? Buy something? Think something? It’s sad to see something so promising turn into an a…

I'm not sure I understand your point. Is there any conversation where this behaviour occurred that you feel comfortable sharing? I haven't observed it, and I'd be curious to understand if I've missed it, or if me and you evaluate things differently.

There totally is! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-de...

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Post by mikedelfino »

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #180
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Plenty of people open Reels or Tiktok the second they wake up. Mobile means notifications, and of you see one as soon as you turn off the alarm, you're more likely to open the app.

Do I have a problem if HN is the first thing I open?

Do you have a Fear Of Missing Out on something otherwise? People coined this expression a while ago.

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Post by bigfishrunning »

bonoboTP wrote: post #184
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> It feels like blockchain again in a lot of weird ways. Every time I keep seeing this brought up I wonder if people truly mean this or its just something people say but don't mean. AI is obviously different and extremely useful.. I mean it has convinced a butt load of people to pay for the subscription. Every one I know including the non technical ones use it and some of them pay for it, and it didn't even require a…

Obviously a lot of grifters and influencers shifted from NFTs to AI, but the comparison ends there. AI is being used by normal people and professionals every day. In comparison, the number of people who ever interacted with blockchain is basically zero. (And that's a lifetime vs daily comparison) It's a lazy comparison, and most likely fueled by a generic aversion to "techbros".

That aversion to "techbros" comes from people who constantly oversell whatever the current thing is for personal benefit, and these technologies come up short time and time again. The "techbros" as a consort have proven themselves not to be trusted. Say what you want about AI, it's hard to argue that it isn't oversold constantly. I sincerely doubt it would continue to exist without a stream of VC money to sustain it (All of those paying customers still don't cover the bills...)

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Post by bigfishrunning »

latexr wrote: post #540
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I lol'd at this. And he eats babies! Yea, humans tend to optimize for their own individual success. Do you not?

> Do you not? At the expense of and with complete disregard for others, while telling them I’m doing it altruistically for their own good? I don’t, no. Do you?

It's important to remember that hackernews (and ycombinator) is largely populated by wannabe VC sociopaths.

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Post by ryandvm »

mapcars wrote: post #582
jasonsb wrote: post #66

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> I’m rapidly losing interest in all of these tools. It feels like blockchain again in a lot of weird ways. It doesn't feel like blockchain at all. Blockchain is probably the most useless technology ever invented (unless you're a criminal or an influencer who makes ungodly amounts of money off of suckers). AI is a powerful tool for those who are willing to put in the work. People who have the time, knowledge and crit…

> Blockchain is probably the most useless technology ever invented (unless you're a criminal or an influencer who makes ungodly amounts of money off of suckers). Are you sure you are not confusing blockchain with crypto coins? Blockchain as a decentralised immutable and verifiable ledger actually has use in 0-trust scenarios.

Actual "0-trust scenarios" are incredibly elusive in the real world. It pretty much comes down to illegal or "extra-legal" transactions. Almost nobody in the real world has a practical interest in carrying out transactions with people they don't trust and people that our outside the jurisdiction of their legal framework.

It turns out that most people actually like being able to press criminal charges or have the ability to bring a law suit when the transaction goes south.

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