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by dvt 23 days ago
> doesn't do much to forward creativity, entrepreneurship, or engineering

Who are you (or who am I) to decide that? The entire point of a show HN is to be non-judgmental and charitable, otherwise it's just going to turn into a cynical echo-chamber. The famous Dropbox comment is a cautionary tale for a reason.
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recursivedoubts 23 days ago
Fair my comment is perhaps a bit cynical but the point of it is deadly serious: like if one of the people involved in the mentioned divorce case finds out possible grounds for a mistrial/retrial. IANAL but I understand the restrictions the ACM puts on using LLMs for even paper reviews, which are far less sensitive than peoples private financial matters.

Regardless, I'm comfortable being a called fool.

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dvt 22 days ago
Apologies for being a bit snarky, you're alright :)
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jakeydus 23 days ago
I could build the greatest healthcare tool in the world, but if it's not HIPAA compliant then it's worthless in the United States. More than that, if I built it without HIPAA compliance in mind as a first principle, what other mistakes did I make on the way?

I'm not trying to gatekeep and say that only domain experts should be allowed to build software, but part of being an engineer is doing due diligence to understand the domain well enough to build the product. If OP failed to recognize that any forensic accountant that gets caught uploading privileged documents into a random AI tool would be both breaking the chain of possession of that document AND client privilege, what other mistakes did they make along the way?

I went through the entire website and couldn't find a single mention about privacy. I'm not a domain expert, but I would expect the product site for any legal tool to at least have a disclaimer.

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q3k 23 days ago
> Show HN: AI-enabled orphan grinder

> Person A: yo wtf is wrong with you

> Person B: Who are you (or who am I) to decide that? The entire point of a show HN is to be non-judgmental and charitable, otherwise it's just going to turn into a cynical echo-chamber. The famous Dropbox comment is a cautionary tale for a reason.

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