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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. lultimouomo · 1789572321 · focus · HN ↗

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

         Wasn't it always?

         1. Aurornis · 1789574189 · focus · HN ↗

            Depends. A lot of the 1-2 sentence rapid responders from my past jobs weren’t really understanding the problem. They were virtue signaling that they were confident, fast to respond, and understood immediately (without elaborating)

            It’s easy to send a pithy response that suggests experience and understanding without having either. Think of a middle manager spouting pithy buzzword laden cliches confidently in response to every request, then transferring the real problem to the grumbling employees who have to solve the actual hard parts of the problem which lie in the nuance.

            1. senderista · 1789576310 · focus · HN ↗

               This is a core problem of short-form social media (including HN): it’s easy to signal understanding or expertise without having to demonstrate it.

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