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PradeetPatel··on Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans
I would like some Russian Literature recommendations related to this. I vaguely recall We by Zamyatin addressing something like this a good few decades ago.
PradeetPatel··on Anthropic's proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1B in damages
Through open conversations, demonstrations, promote education and awareness to the relevant stakeholders.

Not all countries abolished slavery in the same way as the States. Violence is not always the answer.

PradeetPatel··on AI Can Write the Code. Who Verifies It?
Precisely, technology is there to facilitate the interest of the business, and not the other way round.
PradeetPatel··on AI Can Write the Code. Who Verifies It?
You are working on the incorrect assumption that AI generated code are automatically broken.

Often the maintenance of the code is also left to AI, human readability is a bonus.

PradeetPatel··on AI Can Write the Code. Who Verifies It?
Then you can get a verification agent to validate the quality and coverage of those tests.
PradeetPatel··on AI Can Write the Code. Who Verifies It?
Isn't that why there's such investment into code verification agents in the cicd pipeline?

If the future is agentic, human review will be core bottleneck that needs to be streamlined.

PradeetPatel··on AI;DR or Don't be a meat proxy
Or do what everyone else does, get your agent to read it, summarize it, then write a response. Which removes 80% of the human effort.
PradeetPatel··on Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids
There's even a term for that in Hindi - Don't be a sucker (bhookha / bhole).

Don't be the person that's naive, easily cheated, and left behind while others move ahead because you refuse to take the optimal course of action.

PradeetPatel··on Show HN: Pokémon Emerald Ported to Raspberry Pi Pico 2
I feel like this question was not asked in good faith.

We should be supportive of creative endeavours and exploratory coding in the spirit of learning.

PradeetPatel··on The computer that helped win World War II
TIL That's what xAI named their super compute cluster after, what an incredible tribute to such an incredible act of innovation. Let's hope the New Colossus lives up to its name sake.
PradeetPatel··on Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account
Can you please explain why it is depressing? This feature is widely celebrated in the accessibility user groups in India, since the traditional sign-in methods have been proven to be a major friction point for users with special needs.
PradeetPatel··on CERN bids farewell to the LHC and enters Long Shutdown 3
>Sadly, CERN is not hiring Russians

Is that even legal under Swiss discrimination laws?

PradeetPatel··on GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values
There seems to be a massive push against DEI over the last few years in the tech industry globally, despite it being one of the industry's greatest strength.

Does anyone know what caused this?

PradeetPatel··on A statement about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
Change the physical conference into a virtual one, this way it respects the speakers, allow people to mingle and ideas to flourish.

It's no replacement for an in-person conference, but this approach is better than straight up cancelling everything.

PradeetPatel··on A statement about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia
Government put their national interest ahead of NGO organisations should not come as a surprise to anyone.

This reads like a failing part on the organisers to manage such risk, and decided to kick up a stink about it instead of implementing a fallback strategy.

PradeetPatel··on How ChatGPT serves ads
Long term retention is built on brand trust and usability, then ensh*ttification happens.
PradeetPatel··on Cybersec is a thankless job: expanding workload and shrinking pay packet
Precisely, the industry needs to empower the engineers to shift left and integrate security as a part of the SDLC. this is the only way to provide continuous assurance in the age of AI.
PradeetPatel··on Surveillance Pricing: Exploiting Information Asymmetries
No need for this kind of attitude here. If you can extract more value out of a customer using more data points, wouldn't you? Or will you simply leave money on the table for someone else to take.
PradeetPatel··on Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training
I wish. Check out colleagues.ai as the Chinese equivalent of the programme.
PradeetPatel··on Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training
Tbh that's to be expected, the work machine is the company's property and there shouldn't be any expectation of privacy.

I work at a tech firm in India, and we are encouraged to create skills.md based on the traits of our colleagues, with the intention of reducing key personnel risk. A handful of engineers were let go as the result of a re-alignment, and their AI counterparts are actively maintaining their code.

I wonder if this is where they are going.

PradeetPatel··on The human cost of 10x: How AI is physically breaking senior engineers
The proposed industry solution is to use agents to review PRs, as not to slow down the velocity of delivery...

My current workplace is going through a major "realignment" exercise to replace as many testers with agents as humanely possible, which proved to be a challenge when the existing process is not well documented.

PradeetPatel··on This year’s insane timeline of hacks
It might not be a bad thing if we have an Internet for humans, and a segmented Internet for AI.
PradeetPatel··on Show HN: Ithihāsas – a character explorer for Hindu epics, built in a few hours
What an incredibly diverse and inclusive UI design. I often find that Indian mythologies tend to be overshadowed, but with the advent of AI generated art and media there's been a resurgence of Indian-centric stories.

Keep up the good work!

PradeetPatel··on Give Up GitHub – Software Freedom Conservancy
Can you elaborate on it? I've only noticed more GitHub features post Microsoft acquisition.

GitHub Actions and Copilot integration are pretty much a staple at my workplace.

PradeetPatel··on Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms
Why would it be satire? I thought that's a pretty stranded Agentic workflows.

My current workplace follows a similar workflow. We have a repository full of agent.md files for different roles and associated personas.

E.g. For project managers, you might have a feature focused one, a delivery driven one, and one that aims to minimise scope/technology creep.

PradeetPatel··on AI is killing privacy. We can't let that happen
That would be the dream, it has been stated by many AI leaders that AI is the key to UBI, democratising that capability will prevent specific monopolies having a stranglehold on our future.
PradeetPatel··on The Hidden Engineering of Niagara Falls
Is that the one not too far from the statue of Tesla donated by the Serbian government? I vaguely remember visiting it a good few years ago...
PradeetPatel··on I Messed Up My Google PM Vibe Coding Interview
Exactly, you align your business objectives with the vision of your managers and the industry trend.

Right now it appears that most industry leaders have fully committed to AI. It would be foolish (career wise) to speak openly otherwise.

PradeetPatel··on A better Ghidra MCP server – GhidrAssistMCP
Thanks so much for sharing!

I'm interested to see how MCP and the development in AI will impact the CTF scene in the future.

PradeetPatel··on Show HN: Xenolab – Rasp Pi monitor for my pet carnivourus plants
Where abouts in NZ are you? I'm currently based in Wellington and my Venus fly traps, sundew, and pitcher plants seem to be doing quite well on the windowsill.
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