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First Principles Thinking

287 points · 138 comments · sunils34

  1. trwhite · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm really struggling to see how to make architectural decisions with an agent. It's great when you're at a total loss for ideas, but when you already have some of the pieces it ultimately wants to drive all of the thinking and takes over. Then it just feels like you're deferring your experienced judgement. I've seen colleagues lose the ability to reason any more without asking the agent to do it for them, because they inherently don't see the point if the agent is going to end up doing the whole piece (and probably auditing/overruling anything they came up with on their own).
    1. pkaler · · focus · HN ↗
      > I'm really struggling to see how to make architectural decisions with an agent.

      I walk to work and home with ChatGPT Voice and AirPods. I ask it to be Socratic and I just start rambling the top of thing on my mind. After 20 mins of back-and-forth it's usually teased an answer out of me or I've teased an answer out of it.

      1. teiferer · · focus · HN ↗
        What kind of discussions/thoughts is this about?

        And do you feel comfortable with the setting that a corporation has a detailed log of your deepest thoughts?

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