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There's no point at which turning your brain off will work

204 points · 156 comments · robin_reala

  1. Arainach · · focus · HN ↗
    It doesn't help that this is being forced from above. I agree you can't turn off your brain, but any time I argue that AI isn't the right tool for something management gets angry. There is a constant push to fully automate things, regardless of what those things are.

    Even if I agree that you have to use your brain, when my boss is literally telling me to stop questioning whether AI automation is the right answer in team meetings/chats I'm just going to shut up and give them what they want.

    1. CaptainTaboo · · focus · HN ↗
      My company is doing this, too. It’s the reason I’m submitting my resignation notice next week.
      1. drchickensalad · · focus · HN ↗
        I just did. Good luck my brother/sister.
        1. winrid · · focus · HN ↗
          Good on you. I absolutely hate reading the output from Opus. It's disrespectful to make people read it, and to share AI output without reading and understanding it first.
          1. eli_gottlieb · · focus · HN ↗
            Opus in particular seems to somehow combine pretentious intellectualism with sheer idiocy.
            1. disgruntledphd2 · · focus · HN ↗
              Yeah, it's funny. Both of the recent models from the big us labs require you to ask what does this mean before they'll rewrite in simpler language.

              Provenance this, gated that. It almost sounds like smart stuff, but then you dig deeper and it's vacuous.

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