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by saaaaaam 21 days ago
I partly write words for a living. Claude is really really bad at writing prose that doesn’t make me want to vomit.

I rarely write code, and only once for a living. But I feel like I’m a superhuman and one step away from being a zillionaire when Claude gives me a bunch of code it has written in seconds. I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD!!

And then I remember that Claude can’t write words that don’t make me want to break things and I’m good at writing words but bad at writing code.

So then I delete the code and go back to doing more profitable things than being the next zuckerfuck.

1 comments

I’ll take “what is Dunning–Kruger” for $200 Alex.
I don’t understand this comment. It might be a pop-culture reference that has gone over my head.

But I think (I think?!) you might have misinterpreted ny comment, because I’m saying “yes, I Dunning-Kruger myself regularly with AI! BUT then I wake up from the psychosis and realise what an idiot I am and go back to my normal life”.

AI makes everyone think they are brilliant. The skill is recognising when you’re just another idiot.