Model Evaluation and Threat Research is an AI research charity that looks into the threat of AI agents! That sounds a bit AI doomsday cult, and they take funding from the AI doomsday cult organisat…
It may be hard to believe but I am not a ‘tech bro’. Never traded crypto or NFTs. My workplace doesn’t even allow me to use any LLMs. As a software developer that’s a bit limiting but I don’t mind.
But in my own time I have dabbled with AI and ‘vibe coding’ to see what the fuss is all about. Is it the co-programmer AI bros promise to the masses?
No, or at least not currently. But useful non the less if you know what you do.
I suspect that the kind of people who would “know how to use it” don’t use it right now since it has not yet reached “useful if you know how to use it” status.
Software work is dominated by the fat tail distribution of time it takes to figure out and fix a bug. Not by typing code. LLMs, much like any other form of cutting and pasting code without having any clue what it does, gives that distribution a longer, fatter tail, hence its detrimental effect on productivity.
Hey tech bro! how much money did you loose on NFTs? 😂
It may be hard to believe but I am not a ‘tech bro’. Never traded crypto or NFTs. My workplace doesn’t even allow me to use any LLMs. As a software developer that’s a bit limiting but I don’t mind.
But in my own time I have dabbled with AI and ‘vibe coding’ to see what the fuss is all about. Is it the co-programmer AI bros promise to the masses? No, or at least not currently. But useful non the less if you know what you do.
aww, is the widdle deweloper mad it can’t go pollutin’ the codebase it has to work with others on?
What’s with the name calling? Was any of my arguments wrong or am I just supposed to switch off my brain follow the group-think?
it doesn’t appear you’re tall enough for this ride
Bwahahahah you are in the group that is switching your brains off in favour of automated group-thinking 😂
oh fuck off
“If you look closely you might notice I am wearing a fedora, indicating that I am in fact a technology fraternatarian, you peasant.”
“Useful if you know how to use it” does not sound worth destroying the environment over.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cindygordon/2024/02/25/ai-is-accelerating-the-loss-of-our-scarcest-natural-resource-water/
I suspect that the kind of people who would “know how to use it” don’t use it right now since it has not yet reached “useful if you know how to use it” status.
Software work is dominated by the fat tail distribution of time it takes to figure out and fix a bug. Not by typing code. LLMs, much like any other form of cutting and pasting code without having any clue what it does, gives that distribution a longer, fatter tail, hence its detrimental effect on productivity.