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The barriers to AI engineering are crumbling fast

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250 points lewq | 4 comments | 14 Nov 24 14:56 UTC | HN request time: 1.268s | source
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JSDevOps ◴[14 Nov 24 15:05 UTC] No.42136819[source]▶
Is anyone instantly suspicious when they introduce themselves these days an "AI Developer"
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wrs ◴[14 Nov 24 16:39 UTC] No.42137950[source]▶
I’m instantly suspicious when anyone uses the term “AI”.
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1. bdangubic ◴[14 Nov 24 17:19 UTC] No.42138503[source]▶
in 2024 thats as crazy as being suspicious of anyone that uses the term “internet”
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2. taway1874 ◴[14 Nov 24 17:51 UTC] No.42138934[source]▶
No, it's not crazy at all. Back in the early noughts everyone was associating themselves with Internet and WorldWideWeb (yes, they used to spell that out). Same thing happening today with AI. It is irritating ...
3. wrs ◴[14 Nov 24 20:31 UTC] No.42140861[source]▶
I guess your perception depends on how many tech hype cycles you’ve lived through. I’ve lived through three for “AI” alone.
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4. 8338550bff96 ◴[14 Nov 24 21:12 UTC] No.42141278[source]▶
Who cares what it is called? I care about the capabilities.

In my experience when people say things like this what they're just projecting insecurity