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1. eugenekolo · 1789571185 · 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. aeonflux · 1789572026 · focus · HN ↗

      > Hobby groups projects like this are less fun for a lot of people who used to enjoy interacting with smart people.

      Same thing did happen to many work places. People at all levels proxy questions through LLMs and don't even bother to read/trim/edit the response.

      Funny, how suddenly a tight, 1-2 sentence response on point is a sign of skill.

      1. stroebs · 1789572400 · focus · HN ↗

         Just this morning I had a senior manager say to me "I was trying to do someone else's job and give them all the info so they can review it as I have no knowledge" in response to me asking for them to please filter the Claude word salad using the meat proxy. I'm pretty tired of having to do the job of filtering the low-effort copy-paste walls of text

         1. glaslong · 1789572783 · focus · HN ↗

            Similar to sending a "Let Me Google That For You" except somehow because it was an LLM not Google, they've forgotten it's more insulting than helpful, and aren't even in on the joke they themselves are making.

            1. shevy-java · 1789572965 · focus · HN ↗

               Well - the "let me google that for you" nowadays barely works, because google ruined the search engine. The search engine sucks now - and by default the first results are AI slop summaries that are IMO worthless.

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