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to a man with an LLM everything looks like a nail

You gotta imagine somebody is gonna try to make a video without any AI in it and try to intentionally get it flagged as an AI video, a false positive. That’d be funny. I wonder what you’d have to put into the video to get that to happen.

Uber was an application of technologies sitting on top of many iterations of performance optimizations. (Think: the difference between 2009 internet speeds versus 2019 internet speeds. Or, 2009 smartphone specs versus 2019 smartphone specs.)

You could imagine a Moore’s Law-esque cheapening of the tech that coincides with the business raising their prices. That might look like a continuation of simply “using the tools” on the surface, but on the inside it would spell a gradual, meaningful increase in margin

It’s handheld, portrait television

I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.

they probably understand it’s impossible (or very hard) to fully delete viral content and that it’d get re-shared

PLUS they double dip as they get extra search traffic for their brand from people trying to find the video

the forbidden fruit is more enticing

i would totally agree that they’re different approaches

i wouldn’t conclude “therefore they’re the same”. they’re clearly not the same

if it’s a different approach to search and scripting, does that not mean it is a kind of search and scripting?

i see your point and you’ve changed my mind.

also, i’d like to hear your story about the human with three hands

I think the author is onto something. but (s)he didn’t highlight that there are some scenarios where factual accuracy is unimportant, or maybe even a detractor.

for example, fictional stories. If you want to be entertained and it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, there’s no downsides to “hallucinations”. you could argue that stories ARE hallucinations.

another example is advertisements. what matters is how people perceive them, not what’s actually true.

or, content for a political campaign.

the more i think about it, genAI really is a perfect match for social media companies

this scenario can be addressed without digital ID

the social media platforms already measure more than enough signals to understand a users likely age. they could be required by law to do something about it

This last line explains what’s bothered me about the convenient pickup-order trend at restaurants.

The whole point of going to a restaurant is luxury. I find myself turned off by restaurants that I loved before but cheapened themselves after covid.

I don’t want to eat out of plastic bowls with plastic forks. If this is going to be about efficiency, it is no longer about luxury and I don’t want to do it anymore.

Once the focus becomes convenience, the restaurant begins to undermine itself and accidentally starts to complete with more convenient (and cheaper) alternatives like readymade meals at the grocery store or fast food.

Edit: I should also add that going to a restaurant with a group of friends, sharing a meal together, and paying attention to one another - this makes restaurants somewhat of an attention luxury good.

totally agree with what dang posted here; obvious nitpicks aren’t worth discussing. it’s refreshing to see that principle on HN.

I also want to add another thought to that: I’m so glad howtomakesenseofanymess.com exists, warts and all. I’d much rather it exist in some imperfect form than not exist at all.

We ought to be more accepting of good and imperfect creations, because that encourages creativity. We need more of this!

people forget why users search - to find what they are looking for. as the saying goes, “No one wants a drill, they want a quarter inch hole.”

the first time i realized Google had a problem was when i used ChatGPT to search for Youtube videos, and compared to Youtube’s search, it was an order of magnitude easier to find the exact videos i was looking for.

Hallucinations are not a problem in a query like this, because i have what i need to evaluate the results: did i find interesting Youtube videos to watch? did i find what i was looking for?

generally speaking, users seek to minimize the effort required to achieve their goals.

I'm convinced something like this will happen one day, probably more than once. If Facebook is the "McDonald's" market segment (the widely popular, wildly unhealthy option), there will eventually be a segment of the market where there is unrelenting demand for a significantly healthier product. Like this: https://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/photos/healthy-fast-...

The "health food" of social media will be a product category where there will be market share to capture and whoever gets it right will be rewarded. Those users, like the health nuts of today, will know what there are looking for.