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by romec
395 days ago
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It is always the case that an expert doesn't just have to be good at things, they also have to not be bad at them. Saying no to doing things they are bad at is part of that. But it doesn't matter. We can argue that AI can do this or that, or that it can't do this or that. But what is the alternative that is better? There often isn't one. We have already been through this repeatedly in areas such as cloud computing. Running you own servers is leaner, but then you have to acquire servers, data centers and operations. Which is hard. While cloud computing has become easy. In another story here there are many defending that HN is simple [0]. Then it is noted that it might be getting stale [1]. Unsurprisingly as the simple nature of HN doesn't offer much over asking an LLM. There are things an LLM can't do, but HN doesn't do much of that. For people to be better we actually need people. Who have housing, education and healthcare. And good technologies that can deliver performance, robustness and security. But HN is full of excuses why those things aren't needed, and that is something that AI can match. And it doesn't have to be that good to do it. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44099357
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It's not just on HN; there's a lot of faith in the belief that eventually AI will enable enlightened individuals infinite leverage that doesn't hinge on pesky Other People. All they need to do is trust the AI, and embrace the exponentials.
Calls for the democratization of art also fall under this. Part of what develops one's artistic taste is the long march of building skills, constantly refining, and continually trying to outdo yourself. In other words: The Work. If you believe that only the output matters, then you're missing out on the journey that confers your artistic voice.
If people had felt they had sufficient leverage over their own lives, they wouldn't need to be praying to the machine gods for it.
That's a much harder problem for sure. But I don't see AI solving that.