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1. physicallyIllfr · 1790530514 · focus · HN ↗

   I havent used an openAI product since GPT 3.5 or Anthropic since 4.5 or 4.6. Everyone around me using these SOTA models doesnt really get anything done. It seems like they just feel like they are productive, a psuedo productivity.

   I write some code, spec a lot, and use fast models to fill in the middle. I outpreform everyone around me. Im not convinced these autonomous "swarms" or /goal are all that useful.

   I notice the people using them become dumber by the month (spend tons) and the quality of their work declining (they're also losing their jobs in some cases).

   And obviously the point of calling them rouge agents to offload the liability onto the agent. The number one economic value of agents will be offloading corporate liability. That's what they want to sell to enterprise, an algorithmic scapegoat.

   1. TomGarden · 1790531216 · focus · HN ↗

      Seeing benefits for myself and team for sure, so I disagree there, but a related thing seems to be true: with the rapid shifting of failure modes, building systems and competence around mitigating the weaknesses of current SOTA models seems to be very short term investments. It's unclear if being a 'good AI user' is a skill that will have any merit at all, very soon

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