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PS5 Linux lead quits: "a bunch of noobs using LLMs" that "they don't understand"

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  1. eugenekolo · · focus · HN ↗
    Hobby groups projects like this are less fun for a lot of people who used to enjoy interacting with smart people. It's definitely become a game of just spam claude for answers with zero understanding or care for how anything actually works. That's fine to get things done and fine for a lot of side projects, but it definitely ruins the joy that people have in understanding systems and working with intellectuals.
    1. thesuitonym · · focus · HN ↗
      This space is where AI usage is most confounding to me. Regardless of your stance on AI, this work does not need to be done. So if you don't enjoy it enough to actually do it, why are you even here? If you do enjoy the work, why are you letting the AI do your hobby? Don't you miss it?
      1. orangedog · · focus · HN ↗
        Some people get value out of finding results not the actual work. It is still work, just different kind of work.
      2. suburban_strike · · focus · HN ↗
        Power. It's people jockeying for power over groups.

        It doesn't matter if you have no interest in <autistic specialty>, the point is that you can force a bunch of nerds to bend to your will.

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