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by gitowiec 26 days ago
And writing "Proudly written without AI." in README.md now is new black?
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It’s a craft like anything else. Some people enjoy building a table and feel a sense of accomplishment telling their friends “I built this.” Other people just want a table and buy one from Ikea
And some people just click around in Fusion and have the table printed by a CNC and say "I made this", which is not true.
You're right. The table first magically clicked itself together in Fusion, and then the wood climbed into the CNC machine and fixed itself static, only for that CNC to then mill it on its own accord, all in a flamboyant whim just to make a table.

The finished table then climbed out of the CNC, applied finish on itself in the bathroom like the distinguished gentlemen it is, attached its legs, and then lived happily ever after.

My food cooks on its own too as I always say!

My question is, if they did decide to use AI someday, would they remember to update README.md in the same commit? I would probably forget.
The agent will happily fix that for them. They are through like that.
It's useful indicator in these days of useless slop coded shit. Few things are a bigger waste of my time than reading about someone's proudly "ai"-generated pile of garbage.
It's like those labels of protected origin they put on high-quality artisan foods from the EU.
It’s more like a low-background label: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel
I had never heard of low background steel. That's a fascinating problem it solves (and I love the analogy).