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I recently realized, that ever since I've had AI to "talk" to, I haven't had a stuck or "downtime" moment; there's always something to at least brainstorm on.

In the past when I couldn't figure out something, I'd take a break for a couple days, while going through Google → Stack Overflow → Reddit, and by the time you got to that point you rarely got useful answers, usually either trolls or silence.

Now I can just ask AI about fleeting ideas and always have a starting point for some area of some project to work on.

A lot/some of the concerns about the AI Age could be alleviated if people got UBI and a 4-day workweek.

like if AI's supposed to be so great why do we still have to work so much??

and if we don't have to work, how do we pay for food and bed?

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Do you feel like the ideas you’re getting from brainstorming these days are the same level of quality as in the past? I’ve been doing some of the same, but I’ve also been feeling like the downtime where I’m genuinely stuck is where my most innovative solutions come to light. I’m not going as deep into problem spaces anymore.

I’ve also lost my ability to self-filter. In the past, I’d write down an idea and if I was stuck for too long, I’d discard it. Now I feel like I have an obligation to build everything.

Maybe it never mattered and the quantity of solutions is truly the most valuable thing.

> Do you feel like the ideas you’re getting from brainstorming these days are the same level of quality as in the past?

You have to be careful and "remain yourself":

Like I've been trying to think of a generic save/load system for my game framework, but the ideas given by Codex so far don't suit my desired design/interface, BUT it makes me certain of how I DON'T want to do it heh

If I got lazy and just blindly took the AI's first suggestion, I'd end up in deeper tech dept.

You have to take advantage of and "exploit" the way LLMs work, which seems ideal for shaping vague ideas, by using the AI's fuzziness to help you decide what you do and don't want.

Thanks, that makes sense! I’m realizing that’s how I’ve been learning to approach it too and seeing the best results.

I am calling your bullshit out and asking to provide even a singular example where you got 'trolled' seeking software development help.

^ Here's one

but seriously? You can have a look now yourself.

I haven't used Reddit for anything serious for years, but the times I or other people actually got useful answers or ideas is few compared to:

- A handful of mods deciding for thousands of readers that your question doesn't fit the "subreddit" (this happened a lot on /r/askscience)

- Low effort answers by karma farmers, basically copy-pasting docs etc

- "Why do you want to do this?" and other derailments completely failing to answer the question

- Actually literal trolling: "Your first problem was using xxx"

quotes were supposed to be around "fit" :')

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