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thinklooptoday at 4:24 AM4 repliesview on HN

AI fixes Linux on the desktop. Whatever obscure issues you’re facing, you’re a quick prompt away from the solution.


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traderj0etoday at 5:29 AM

Was not the case when I wanted to use a GameCube controller via Wii U adaptor without a lot of extra lag. Yeah that's a niche, but it works fine in Windows and even Mac.

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HDBaseTtoday at 4:34 AM

Whilst I tend to agree, I also don't recommend just pasting every command from ChatGPT into your machine without having some understanding/validating process.

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Underphiltoday at 6:31 AM

Assuming you actually take the time to retroactively understand what you just did and don't become a slop-ministrator.

akimbostrawmantoday at 7:29 AM

In my experience AI is unreliable more often than not. It is conflating topics, uses outdated information or straight out hallucinates. It can be good if you already know enough to call it out on its bullshit.

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