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Why are Anthropic and OpenAI even allowing their coding harness apps to be plugged into different model providers…? I’m surprised they haven’t figured out a way to clamp down on that by now.

Totally organic.

“Open” frontier intelligence? In what sense? Have they announced their intention to release the weights similar to their previous releases?

That’s not a problem with the tool, it’s a problem with the team / the people.

These arguments are increasingly smelling strawman-ish to me. The authors seem to pick the absolute worst possible examples of LLM usage in software development, ignoring the fact that it is ultimately just a tool, and that all the blame for a shitty product continues to lie at the feet of the one wielding it like a giant doofus.

This change to xsnow is obviously an unalloyed negative, and the simplest test to confirm this to yourself is to imagine the political statement being something you disagree with, e.g. if the locale were set to an EU country, only the US flag would show.

So… it would have been okay with Rob Bonta if Netflix had acquired Warner Bros…?

“Capitalism” isn’t a real thing; it’s sort of like using the term “transubstantiation”. For someone outside of the religion, it doesn’t mean much.

What we really mean when we say “capitalism” is just people freely engaging in agreements together. In such a free society, people will hurt and trample on each other. The right move is to rely on the Republic to represent our interests and prevent that trampling from crossing red lines that we all decide on.

You don’t need to stop people from freely making agreements and transacting together; you just need to have a functioning system of laws. Whether or not we have one is an exercise left to the reader.

> Everyone with a choice has mostly moved on to codex

Ha!

No.

Nope. That’s exactly what I’m advocating too.

Whoa there. Quite a lot of strong assumptions you’re making about me. That doesn’t seem very empathetic or compassionate on your part.

Sure. So how would you feel about a Christian nudging you to stop taking the lord’s name in vain because they believe it’s “good for anyone to do”?

Many celebrities and public figures have and use private jets. Why are these dweebs highlighting just one? Or indeed “calling out” anyone at all. What a scummy thing to do.

This trend of “everybody hates AI!” articles from bluesky people is becoming really tiresome. Every week it’s a new variant on that theme, and never substantiated. Major yawn.

I’m certainly glad we have respected contributing members of our community named things like “diebillionaires”. What’s next, “killallkikes”? HN is an amazing place.

The term “enshittification” really ruins (one might say “enshittifies”) any article it’s in.

Banksy is the patron saint of the “I’m 13 and this is deep” mentality.

What an incredibly nihilistic thing to communicate to your students. “Our society is failing. I’m terrified, and you’re probably fucked. Love is love tho <3!”

Why not encourage your students to be curious about emerging technology, and to engage with society as an informed citizen?

This reeks of political activism, and it’s reminiscent of the general BlueSky-esque tone of the Correspondents Dinner shooter’s manifesto.

It really isn’t, and we by and large don’t. The New Republic seems to be falsely equating “active Mastodon posters” with “the public”; it’s just not true outside of some very specific and insular bubbles.

Very exciting. Amazing work. The CCP shilling on this board has reached epidemic proportions though, and is shocking to witness.

Is it less dangerous though? I was a heavy user for a year and it thoroughly destabilized my life and really negatively impacted my mental health. The funny thing is recalling how much of a cannabis advocate I was at the time, too.

> people seem to loathe AI, and are actively resisting it

Maybe this person doesn’t care, but this observation they’ve made is almost certainly informed by an extremely narrow set of personal experiences, and is unlikely to reflect the wider truth.

I have no dog in this fight, but the (astroturfed?) public opposition to Anthropic and Claude in the past month has been unreal to witness.

Very interested to hear why you believe “non-threatening” to be a desirable property of the average male. Do you also believe this to be a desirable property for the average female? i.e. nobody threatens anyone else?

The modern female loves the “dad” archetype because it’s non-threatening across many domains. See: all modern entertainment media (which is produced by females and the feminine-minded). Expect it to increase in representation and popularity (which can already be observed by the sharp-witted).

My identity: trans woman (to ameliorate the stung feelings of identitarians, relativists, and/or feminists reading this).

Found the autist.

It has been for a while. Hollywood and other outlets didn’t need AI tools to create abysmal slop.

These takes are growing increasingly tiresome, I have to admit. They are pretty much all just tacit admissions of some kind of skill issue with this new class of tool, but presented with a sheen of moral outrage. I don’t think anyone’s buying it anymore. Figure it out.

> Our political system has served the elite and maximised profit for too long, and now we’re seeing devastating effects on our environment, our economy, our democracy, and our everyday lives. That’s because the systems that are currently in place are built to benefit the rich and powerful. We want a better Europe. One that takes climate action seriously, puts well-being first, welcomes those seeking refuge with open arms, listens to the needs of people, and protects nature.

These people are telling themselves (and others) stories of their own creation, disconnected from any empirical testing of the reality around them. Disturbing to witness, particularly how many people read something like this and without a shred of critical thought say “damn, that sounds good! Sign me up!”