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What is going on right now?

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378 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 22 Aug 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.436s | source
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OutOfHere ◴[22 Aug 25 13:17 UTC] No.44984298[source]▶
Although some of the author's concerns are valid, the author seems completely biased against LLMs, which makes their arguments trashworthy. The author is not seeking any sensible middle ground, only a luddite ground.
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bccdee ◴[22 Aug 25 13:40 UTC] No.44984579[source]▶
The author is giving an account of his experience with LLMs. If those experiences were enough to thoroughly bias him against them, then that's hardly his fault. "Sensible middle ground" is what people appeal to when they are uncomfortable engaging with stark realities.

If someone told me that their Tesla's autopilot swerved them into a brick wall and they nearly died, I'm not going to say, "your newfound luddite bias is preventing you from seeking sensible middle ground. Surely there is no serious issue here." I'm going to say, "wow, that's fucked up. Maybe there's something deeply wrong with Tesla autopilot."

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1. orangecat ◴[22 Aug 25 14:09 UTC] No.44984900[source]▶
I'm going to say, "wow, that's fucked up. Maybe there's something deeply wrong with Tesla autopilot."

Sure, and that's very different from "the idea of self-driving cars is a giant scam that will never work".

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2. bccdee ◴[22 Aug 25 14:28 UTC] No.44985116[source]▶
If, four years on, the primary thing a tool has done for me is waste my time, I think it's time to start looking at it through the lens of a scam. Even if it does have good use cases, that is not the main thing it does, at least not in the current market.