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763 points easton | 3 comments | 21 Oct 25 17:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.019s | source
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gh0stcat ◴[21 Oct 25 17:37 UTC] No.45658814[source]▶
The thing I find the most funny about all of these demos is they outsource tasks that are pretty meaningful ... choosing where to hike, learning more about the world around you, instead, you'll be told what to do and live in blissful ignorance. The challenge of living life is also the joy, at least to me. Plus I would never trust a company like openai with all of my personal information. This is definitely just them wanting greater and greater control and data from their users.
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seizethecheese ◴[21 Oct 25 18:05 UTC] No.45659299[source]▶
I find the hike itself more meaningful than the searching for it. If an LLM can recommend be me a better hike, I’m all for it.

The word choice here: “you’ll be told what to do” doesn’t really reflect my experience with LLMs. You can always ask for more recommendations or push back.

(As an aside, I’ve found LLMs to be terrible for recommending books.)

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1. ascorbic ◴[21 Oct 25 18:45 UTC] No.45659889[source]▶
An aside to the aside: I did too, until I exported my Goodreads ratings and uploaded the CSV. Then it's pretty great.
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2. groby_b ◴[21 Oct 25 18:48 UTC] No.45659935[source]▶
You can usually do with less than the full history. "Here are five books where I liked the tone/setting/worldbuilding/topic, gimme more" has proven pretty successful.

With gradual refinement - "I like #1 and #4, but I wonder if something like that exists with a 40s scifi tone. Gimme your top 10"

It's... mostly worked out so far. (It also turns out that some topics, I seem to have thoroughly explored. Taking recommendations for off-the-beaten-path heist novels :)

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3. seizethecheese ◴[21 Oct 25 23:25 UTC] No.45663061[source]▶
Huh, I’ve struggled with your suggested strategy. Maybe it’s a skill issue :)