EchoChamberMan

I agree, the article mainly seemed like it was trying to divert anger at AI to anger at LMS, which is absurd.

Does that logic apply to companies who give workers applying for jobs no response?

Ah, maybe they should downplay the severity to make it more palatable.

It seems it might be against the terms of use, emphasis mine:

> You must not use any Output relating to a person for any purpose that could have a legal or material impact on that person, such as making credit, educational, employment, housing, insurance, legal, medical, or other important decisions about them.

https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use

Article on bias: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39636532

> Secrets are unpopular or unconventional truths.

Merriam Webster's first definition of a secret is "something kept hidden or unexplained," emphasis mine[1]. Secrets are not usually unknowns, but things purposefully hidden or not shared. I don't see how unpopular or unconventional has anything to do with secrets either. Those features will be dependent on the information in question.

He immediately equates something unknown with something purposefully hidden. That seems like paranoia to me, which would explain some of his behavior.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noun

I never asked for job listings, I submit many every day, but thanks, I guess.

Disturbing but not surprising. CyberSec is often a work of passion, and thus highly exploitable.

One of the most common mistakes I see managers make is to enact a rule affecting employees without consulting them first, and then afterwards, they ask "How is this? Why doesn't this work? How do we improve it?"

Shoot first and ask questions later as a strategy.

Are scientists expected to be PR experts as well?

You're just listing more "openings."

"It's not what you know, it's who you know," though many hate to admit it.

Risking a visible failure hiring a bad candidate, with no reward for hiring a good one, managers defer hiring as long as possible, preferring candidates with credentials or people they know.

"It's not what you know, it's who you know."

You know these things are incredibly biased right?

Maybe create a "Tell HN" post; "Tell HN: Reviews on Who's Hiring (March 2024)"

Unfortunately, I doubt most of the posters are interested in feedback. Hiring is a joke. It's almost entirely Credentialism, i.e. "It's not what you know, it's who you know." It's actually disgusting that this has been the case for so long.

It could be a nice way to warn applicants about dodgy or unresponsive posters, but it seems most of the posts are junk.

I found this discussing it somewhat: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39290661

Now we got this kind of thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39634590

Disturbing.

I think Roblox is the model for this kind of thing. The "players" are essentially working for pennies making content.

I did mean Terry Prachett, was probably overly coy about it, but I definitely need check out David Whyte! I had to google the "gibberish" quote and was very pleasantly surprised! For those curious it is Discworld Dwarvish for:

> I bargain with no axe in my hand.

Whose money are they spending though?

This person is a fantastic writer, and they quote one of the best authors ever to boot.

> In Greek mythology, Cerberus... often referred to as the hound of Hades, is a multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving. He was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and was usually described as having three heads, a serpent for a tail, and snakes protruding from his body.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus

holy shit. I wonder what it was like on the inside.

I am so fucked.

Tragically the problem is not lack of roles, it's a lack of hiring managers able or willing to fill them. No one wants to risk a visible failure, so they take no risks at all... which leads us to the current situation of 1600 unfilled software dev roles at walmart.

Gotcha thanks.

Similar boat. I'm looking in other industries.

You're sick in the head. Absolutely abhorrent.

Lots and lots and lots of people are already lying. Hard to compete with that.

[Edit]

A quant analyst working at some firm was told to steal Bernie Madoff's lunch. When he realized Bernie was 100% accurate on his predictions and it was obviously bullshit, he told his bosses, and filed four appeals with the SEC, but no one would listen:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Would_Listen

> I'm in the EU FWIW.

I think it works if the goals of the company are to make money, not actually to make agi?