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by boesboes 7 days ago
pff, i'm getting a bit tired of this endless bullshit from antirez tbh.

No we are not linus now, LLMs are not humans, agents don't think, don't 'know' when they fuck up. Even making the comparison is just disrespectful to everyone involved

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I get that he's maybe a bit into LLMs, but your take is pretty unfair. He's said repeatedly that as a non-native English speaker, his writing will come across a bit strangely.

If he'd said: "We all need to learn to be like Linus", would that have changed your take?

It's clear he's very respectful not only of Linus, but of all the people involved as well. He's instead using Linus's transition from full-time writing software to full-time "leading" as the point of his write up. Don't get hung up on the verbiage.

pff, it's really boring to see the same reflexive red herring in every llm thread.

they are not humans

they don't think

they don't 'know'

antirez never says they are or do any of that

at least an llm can write a response that is relevant to its context, your non-sequiturs can't even do that.