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It sounds like the product is intended to help you avoid performance-related regressions, and argues that the risk of performance regressions will increase with AI writing more code. That seems plausible, but it's unclear how or why this product is superior to existing performance testing as part of your CI/CD pipeline.
Yeesh. I guess that makes one of us. Truly one of the more horrifying short stories I’ve read.
@shapiro500
No shade if so, I think it’s an awesome little toy.
> Like many parents, I found that standard bedtime stories didn't always capture their unique imagination. So, I built Lyra Kids (https://lyra.kids) to turn our nightly ritual into something more magical.
We have the standard template product pitch here (“Unlike our competitors, our product does XYZ”) but turned against _the entirety of children’s literature_.
You really think that many parents find “standard bedtime stories” insufficient?
Look, we have a couple of those books that use your kid’s name and a custom illustration that resembles them. They’re about as sophisticated as a Hallmark card and equally unrewarding. The kids get a kick out of it, but it’s a rare amusement and not actual interest. You don’t talk about the plot or the characters of a Mad Lib.
I’ll set aside my moral outrage and assume that you wanted to build this project no matter what and backed into the product positioning later, because the alternative is too depressing to consider.
Are you sharing any of the prompts you used to generate this? Even if not verbatim, I’m interested to know how much you’re driving versus the model. How much more prompt is there than, “look at this comment history and write 3 roasts that the HN crowd will find funny”?
> “…the MacBook provides incredibly crisp images with richer colors, deeper blacks and significantly greater contrast…”
This is positioning for glossy being superior.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-M...
To pick just one claim:
“Big companies used to move slowly, but now a ragtag team of two developers at a large firm can whip up something that looks top-of-market to the untrained eye in a matter of weeks.”
This is just pure speculation with no consideration of success or longevity. Big companies are going faster now? Where? Which ones?
AI coding allows you to build prototypes quickly. All the reasons big companies are slow haven’t budged.
It turns proactive writing into purely passive consumption.
To be fair, 3 booleans (2^3=8) is more working memory than most people are productive with. Way more if they’re nullable :)
> “Automattician”
The word you’re looking for is employee.
Complete with computer people kayfabe!
The dissonance is just wild.
> “This is a celebration of human creativity and an extension of human creativity,” Rouch says, addressing the decision not to use AI-generated content in the final product.
The mental gymnastics! Our product changes everything, except this ad, because we know that people hate inauthenticity in communication.
You could text a question to CHA-CHA (242-242) and someone would google it for you as a human search engine!
Can someone explain what it is that makes batteries wear out to begin with, and what has to be added back to make them work again after they’re shredded into “black mass”?
This stuck out for me too, plus the examples of using Siri on the desktop. I reckon that invoking Siri to say, "Send Gema a text" and then having to proofread and approve the message is more effort than just sending Gema a text. Same for typing out "turn on do not disturb".
You could imagine the argument being that there are a lot of deep settings or hidden controls that people would like to find, but then wouldn't a vector search that shows relevant settings be just about the same outcome?