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JumpCrisscross • yesterday at 10:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> how will AI help here?

I've been using Claude in what I call iKaren mode. Basically, all the little complaints where I know I'm in the right against a large corporate other but don't want to get emotionally invested into a petty dispute go to it.

I recently had a room in Milan where they were rude at the rooftop–I was ignored after being seated for thirty minutes–and then refused to enable A/C (which they could do remotely) until I called twice, finally yielding at 1AM. I had a terrible night's rest and, resultantly, difficult day of travel the next day. It was a single night at an expensive hotel–I'd ordinarily ignore it.

This time, I passed my booking details and a short blurb to Claude. Between the flight and ferry to my next destination, it negotiated first, a night's free stay (which I rejected) and then a 25% reïmbursement.

(Granted, OP might be imagining that one can replicate everything one does with Adobe's software with an image-generating AI. Which one might be able to. But it's not going to be cost competitive with anything Adobe offers for at least half a decade given current power- and chip-buildout schedules.)


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echelon • today at 12:48 AM

I'm imagining we own our iPhones, Androids, and John Deeres.

That every robot out of Figure or Unitree gets its Verilog popped on day one.

A world where Instagram and YouTube and Reddit -- everything -- have no moat anymore. Where these become protocols.

And eventually Anthropic and OpenAI are caught up with and abundant open weights models are everywhere.

This future is not only possible, it's close.