Max LeibmanMay 15
If you aren’t using AI, you run a very real risk of falling behind in the race to produce voluminous mediocrity while slowly forgetting how to do your own job.
Show threadPhilMay 16
@maxleibman Cool flex. Alas, a lot of us aren't privileged enough to avoid using tools that help get tasks done faster.

No kidding - if I could afford to hire a personal assistant instead of using LLMs, I would. These things aren't even remotely smart.

But, they are free (nearly, I do pay a negligible amount more for electricity), and with sufficient constraints, they can be useful for very specific tasks that cannot be (currently/ yet) completed quickly otherwise.

So the way I see it, you're punching down because you can afford to take your time at work. This isn't the case for most people, believe it or not.
Show threadbinchickenMay 23

@phil come on man, we talked about this. why would you open with “cool flex?”

@maxleibman

Show threadPhilMay 23
@thegarbagebird
Because that's the subtext behind his post. "I'm so safe and well-off in life that I can afford to reject tools that can give me a small advantage."

Rejecting tools that are cheap and work reasonably well for menial tasks is the domain of the upper class.
Show threadbinchickenMay 23
@phil and there is absolutely a way to say that which doesn't immediately come off as supercilious. i think you lied to me before, i think you do like to start fights.
Show threadPhilMay 23
@thegarbagebird I don't believe I do, no. I don't consider pointing out that someone is speaking from a position of privilege to be offensive or controversial.

Furthermore, I don't believe that responding in kind when exposed to cold, inconsiderate statements is inappropriate.

Though I guess you could consider what I said such, if we assume (and that's a huge assumption) that I'm the one punching down in this case. Which I don't think is true.
Show threadbinchickenMay 23
@phil no i just think you're trying to start fights for fun.
Show threadPhil
@thegarbagebird No, actually. I'm quite careful about not doing that in connection to my real name, and the fights I do start are very, very rare (haven't had one in months now) and exceedingly niche.
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Show threadbinchickenMay 24
@phil ah i see. it's an issue of mutually agreed terms; you and i have different thresholds. well, that does explain why you are baffled by all the negative pushback you keep getting.