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Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by fsloth »

jasonsb wrote: post #82
jsheard wrote: post #76

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> My personal productivity has skyrocketed in the last 12 months. Has your productivity objectively, measurably improved or does it just feel like it has improved? Recall the METR study which caught programmers self-reporting they were 20% faster with AI when they were actually 20% slower.

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.

”I’m now tackling tasks I wouldn’t have even considered two or three years ago”

This. 100x this.

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by kaicianflone »

$200 a month for data cards is insanity. It sounds like virtue-signaling or bs features for VC's. Idk why this wasn't pushed to the consumer plus level.

Here's an excerpt from ChatGPT on why this could be a "bubble" feature:

By sticking Pulse behind the $200 Pro tier, OpenAI is signaling it’s for:

VCs, consultants, analysts → people who can expense it as “deal flow intel.”

Enterprise & finance people who live in dashboards and daily reports.

Folks who don’t blink at $200/month because they already burn way more on data feeds, research subscriptions, or Bloomberg terminals.

In other words, it feels less like a consumer feature and more like a “bubble luxury” signal — “If you need Pulse, you’re in the club that can afford Pro.”

The irony is, Pulse itself isn’t really a $200/mo product — it’s basically automated research cards. But bundling it at that tier lets OpenAI:

Frame it as exclusive (“you’re not missing out, you’re just not at the level yet”).

Keep the Plus plan sticky for the masses.

Extract max revenue from people in finance/AI hype cycles who will pay.

It’s like how Bloomberg charges $2k/month for terminals when most of the raw data is public — you’re paying for the packaging, speed, and exclusivity.

I think you’re right: Pulse at $200 screams “this is a bubble feature” — it’s monetizing the hype while the hype lasts.

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by NoGravitas »

username332211 wrote: post #488
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…

> 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). Given the prevailing trend of virtually all modern governments in the developed world that seems to be rather short-sighted. Who knows, if you won't be made a criminal for dissenting? Or for trying to keep your communi…

Honestly, "only useful for crime" is the only part of blockchain that I like. What I don't like is the energy use of PoW, the centralization tendencies of PoS, and the general unusability of any existing coins as either a medium of exchange or a store of value. I'd love an anonymous digital cash that didn't boil the oceans, enrich oligarchs, or encourage speculation. It's just that blockchain cryptocurrencies are not that.

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by laserlight »

scragz wrote: post #410
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.

there's some minority that's in the venn diagram of being good at programming, being good at AI, then also being good at using AI for programming (which is mostly project management), and if everything aligns then there are superhuman productivity gains. I'm tackling projects solo I never would have even attempted before but I could see people getting bad results and giving up.

> if everything aligns then there are superhuman productivity gains.

This is a truism and, I believe, is at the core of the disagreement on how useful AI tools are. Some people keep talking about outlier success. Other people are unimpressed with the performance in ordinary tasks, which seem to take longer because of back-and-forth prompting.

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by alvah »

lelanthran wrote: post #531
sally_glance wrote: post #511

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Is that really a fair comparison? I think the amount of people who can memorize each and every configuration item is vanishingly small... even when I was bootstrapping k8s clusters before the dawn of LLMs I had to lookup current documentation and maybe some up to date tutorials. Knowing the abstract steps and tripwires yes, but details will always have to be looked up. If just not to miss any new developments.

> Is that really a fair comparison? Well, yes it is; you can't very well claim to have learned something if you are unable to do it.

It doesn't matter - GP is now able to do things they were unable to do before. A distinction without a (real-world) difference.

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by alvah »

_9ptr wrote: post #514
ycombigators wrote: post #382

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Yes. milk (noun): 1. A whitish liquid containing proteins, fats, lactose, and various vitamins and minerals that is produced by the mammary glands of all mature female mammals after they have given birth and serves as nourishment for their young. 2. The milk of cows, goats, or other animals, used as food by humans. 3. Any of various potable liquids resembling milk, such as coconut milk or soymilk.

In germany soymilk and the like can't be sold as milk. But coconut milk is okay. (I don't know if that's a german thing or a EU-thing.)

The last 3-4 comments in this sub-thread may well be peak HN

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by latexr »

CuriouslyC wrote: post #589
latexr wrote: post #505

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> Even current mediocre LLM are great at writing bad first drafts. Anyone is great at creating a bad first draft. You don’t need help to create something bad, that’s why that’s a common tip. Dan Harmon is constantly hammering on that advice for writer’s block: “prove you’re a bad writer”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVqYUaUO1cQ If you get an LLM to write a first draft for you, it’ll be full of ideas which aren’t…

Little plot twist, you can pitch an LLM an idea for a scene, then tell it to interrogate you thoroughly for the details, then tell it to generate a clean, tight draft optimized for efficient use of language and readability, and you basically get your own ideas back but with a lot of the boring parts of writing already done.

Making your writing itself boring and the same as everyone’s who used that technique, transforming it into something no one will want to read anyway.

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by tigerBL00D »

jasonsb wrote: post #66
SirensOfTitan wrote: post #27

My pulse today is just a mediocre rehash of prior conversations I’ve had on the platform. I tried to ask GPT-5 pro the other day to just pick an ambitious project it wanted to work on, and I’d carry out whatever physical world tasks it needed me to, and all it did was just come up with project plans which were rehashes of my prior projects framed as its own. I’m rapidly losing interest in all of these tools. It feels…

> 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…

Only is not AI. It's LLM, diffusion models and what have you. The term AI became so overloaded that it means almost nothing these days. AGI is still hard to reach for, but it doesn't stop all kinds of spin artists from trying.

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by dmackerman »

jsheard wrote: post #76
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…

> My personal productivity has skyrocketed in the last 12 months. Has your productivity objectively, measurably improved or does it just feel like it has improved? Recall the METR study which caught programmers self-reporting they were 20% faster with AI when they were actually 20% slower.

The thing is, most programming is mundane. Rename files, move them, make sure imports are correct, make sure builds pass...AI can do all of these with very high accuracy (most of the time).

Re: ChatGPT Pulse

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Post by darkwater »

lxgr wrote: post #578
Taganov wrote: post #287

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Oh, but they do atrophy, and in devious ways. Though the muscles under linear load may stay healthy, the ability of the body to handle the knee, ankle, and hip joints under dynamic and twisting motion does atrophy. Worse yet, one may think that they are healthy and strong, due to years of biking, and unintentionally injure themselves when doing more dynamic sports. Take my personal experience for whatever it is worth…

Sure, only cycling sounds bad, as does only jogging. And thousands of people hike the AT or the Way of St. James every year, despite the existence of bicycles and even cars. You've got to mix it up! I believe the same holds true for cognitive tasks. If you enjoy going through weird build file errors, or it feels like it helps you understand the build system better, by all means, go ahead! I just don't like the idea o…

Yeah, but what's going to happen with LLMs is that the majority will just outsource thinking to the LLM. If something has a high visible reward with hidden, dangerous risks, people will just go for the reward.
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