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How I keep up with AI progress

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263 points itzlambda | 4 comments | 18 Jul 25 18:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jameslk ◴[18 Jul 25 19:27 UTC] No.44608826[source]▶
Maybe I’ve been missing some important stuff, but it seems the most relevant and important updates eventually just bubble up to the front page of HN or get mentioned in the comments
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SoftTalker ◴[18 Jul 25 19:31 UTC] No.44608867[source]▶
Trying to keep up is like jumping on a 90mph treadmill. I have decided to opt out. I think AI (and currently LLMs) is more than a fad and not going away but it's in a huge state of churn right now. I'm not investing a ton of time into anything until I have to. In another few years the landscape will hopefully be more clear. Or not, but at least I won't have spent a lot of time on stuff that has quickly become irrelevant.

I'm currently not using AI or LLMs in any of my day-to-day work.

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HellDunkel ◴[18 Jul 25 19:46 UTC] No.44609014[source]▶
This. When has early adoptation paid off lately? Remember prompt engineering?
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1. Disposal8433 ◴[18 Jul 25 20:14 UTC] No.44609294{3}[source]▶
I remember the same FOMO that happened with "Google searching." People wrote and sold books about how to search properly on Google. The same with AI will happen: either it will flop, or we'll be able to learn all the needed skills in a few days. I don't worry about it.
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2. gowld ◴[18 Jul 25 20:57 UTC] No.44609747[source]▶
I've banked professional success on my superior "Google Searching" ability (compared to my peers) for 20 years. A little but of thinking goes a long way, even when using tools designed to replace thought.
3. Mars008 ◴[18 Jul 25 21:03 UTC] No.44609809[source]▶
For some of us this time has come, i.e. it's already useful and worth learning and spending on prime accounts.
4. diamond559 ◴[19 Jul 25 02:04 UTC] No.44611909[source]▶
Also, if it does achieve superhuman level intellect what is the point of learning at all. It will have solved physics and math for us already and the model owners will have reaped all the rewards, what good are us meatbags?