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jennyholzer··on Abundant Intelligence
Based on your gung ho attitude I suspect that you are personally invested in "AI products" or otherwise work for a firm that creates "AI products"
jennyholzer··on Abundant Intelligence
I think if you're critiquing AI, you should use harsher words.

AI boosters are going to spam the replies to your comment in attempts to muddy the waters.

jennyholzer··on Abundant Intelligence
years of consistent disappointment with the user experience, along with years of misleading internet propaganda dramatically overselling the quality and power of the underlying technology.

it's a fucking dud.

jennyholzer··on Abundant Intelligence
"As AI gets smarter, access to AI will be a fundamental driver of the economy, and maybe eventually something we consider a fundamental human right. Almost everyone will want more AI working on their behalf."

I don't buy it at all.

This sounds like complete and total bullshit to me.

jennyholzer··on AI-generated “workslop” is destroying productivity?
Embody a slave mindset
jennyholzer··on You did this with an AI and you do not understand what you're doing here
I know React, and therefore I'm smarter than trilobites who coded this before the Web App boom
jennyholzer··on Vibe coding has turned senior devs into 'AI babysitters'
I agree with this almost completely
jennyholzer··on Vibe coding has turned senior devs into 'AI babysitters'
> Does it end up like having colleagues who are aren't doing or understanding or learning from their own work, and are working like they offshored their job to an overnight team of juniors, and then just try to patch up the poor quality, before doing a pull request and calling their sprint done?

yes

jennyholzer··on [dead]
PG speaking like a man not at risk of being fired
jennyholzer··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
I've never heard of the "steelman" thought experiment

I'm familiar with the "strawman" concept that it derives from, although in my experience this is typically presented as a logical fallacy.

What is the purpose of "steelmanning" a political actor's political perspectives?

What is this supposed to achieve?

Where did you and the people responding to this comment hear about this concept? Are there articles out there making the case for "steelmanning"?

jennyholzer··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Kirk's operation was about giving bullying lessons (read: Republican talking points) to Young Republicans

The point of his videos is to teach Young Republicans to identify weaker, more easily targeted members of the liberal tribe, alongside a set of disingenous talking points they could use to harass and ideally embarass those individuals.

jennyholzer··on Things you can do with a debugger but not with print debugging
> It’s super weird how proud people are to not use tools that would save them hundreds of hours per year. Really really weird.
jennyholzer··on Things you can do with a debugger but not with print debugging
> who wants to grapple with an interface reimplementing the internals of a language half as well when you can simply type, save, commit, and reproduce?

i do, because it's much faster than typing, saving, and rebuilding, etc.

jennyholzer··on The Last Programmers?
The ATU index is also worth looking into:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson%E2%80%9...

jennyholzer··on The Last Programmers?
What are these people going to do when the bubble pops?

What happens when the money goes away and they realize they've been duped into joining a cult?

jennyholzer··on The Last Programmers?
"AI ad maker" sounds like a toilet that produces its own shit
jennyholzer··on The Last Programmers?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
jennyholzer··on Clankers Die on Christmas
> So, I'll burn an extra token or two saying "please and thanks"

I won't, and I think you're delusional for doing so

jennyholzer··on 996
996 means devoting your life to your work.

If you work 996 without either:

  a. The opportunity to make millions of dollars

  b. Ownership of the means of production

  c. No other more dignified employment opportunities
It sincerely appears to me that you are throwing your life away. If you're in this boat, I hope you have a long-term plan.
jennyholzer··on 996
good contrarian comment, +1
jennyholzer··on 996
they aren't idiots, they're kings.

you don't just stop paying the king.

jennyholzer··on 996
cruelty is fetishized in American (and particularly in corporate/executive) culture

to quote my namesake: "abuse of power comes as no surprise"

jennyholzer··on 996
why would i work 996 if i don't have ownership
jennyholzer··on Age verification doesn’t work
Vaping needed social media
jennyholzer··on Age verification doesn’t work
I remember a viral twitter photo of Sophie Turner smoking a Juul while filming the last episodes of Game of Thrones

Juul changed the cultural standing of vaping and (for a very brief moment of time) made it "cool" by means of social media celebrity promotion. They were hit with pretty aggressive punishment for this by the US FDA if I'm not mistaken.

jennyholzer··on European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad tech practices
chump change
jennyholzer··on I'm absolutely right
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jennyholzer··on I'm absolutely right
the machine is always right. adjust your feelings to align with the output of the machine.
jennyholzer··on MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline
When I enter 5 x 5 on a pocket calculator, I always get 25
jennyholzer··on MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline
I think developers who use "AI" coding assistants are putting their careers at risk.
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