alt Hacker NewsOk, fair critique.
EXCEPT…
What did you have for AI three years ago? Jack fucking shit is what.
Why is “wow that’s cool, I wonder what it’ll turn into” a forbidden phrase, but “there are clearly no experts on this topic but let me take a crack at it!!” important for everyone to comment on?
One word: Standby. Maybe that’s two words.
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advael • yesterday at 2:27 AM
With all due respect, "wow this is cool, I wonder what it'll turn into" is basically the mandatory baseline stance to take. I'm lucky that's where I'm still basically at, because anyone in a technical position who shows even mild reticence beyond that is likely to be unable to hold a job in the face of their bosses' frothing enthusiastic optimism about these technologies
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Careful there, ChatGPT was initially released November 30, 2022, which was just about 3 years ago, and there were coding assistants before that.
If you find yourself saying the same thing every year and adding 1 to the total...