alt Hacker NewsIt's funny how virtually everyone on HN is using AI to write code and simultaneously dismisses all interesting new software as written by AI.
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I can pour myself a bowl of cheerios. That doesn’t mean I’m easily impressed by someone else preparing a similar bowl of cereal.
Though, I have been finding a lot of utility in programs that support otherwise deprecated hardware, now that is some good slop.
Different groups, the spammers like to congratulate each other for how much hard work they must have put into their very impressive prompt engineering. Regardless, AI code is distinct from extremely blatant AI design. People dismiss things that had no actual design, just whatever fell out of the prompt they gave it. If you can't write a single human paragraph or put thought and care into how you are presenting 'your' project, it's not worth paying attention to. Why can't they present their own work honestly? Why would I spend energy looking at an OS made by someone who can't write an HTML file by themself?
It’s almost like those are two different populations of people?
There are both pro- and anti-AI factions here... and those with more nuanced views.
Personally, I don't care as long as the end result is good, but a lot of AI software tends to be in the lower end of the quality range.