MarginaliaFeb 19

New blog post: "AI makes you boring"

https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_132_ai_bores/

AI makes you boring

This post is an elaboration on a comment I made on Hacker News recently, on a blog post that showed an increase in volume and decline in quality among the “Show HN” submissons. I don't actually mind AI-aided development, a tool is a tool and should be used if you find it useful, but I think the vibe coded Show HN projects are overall pretty boring. They generally don't have a lot of work put into them, and as a result, the author (pilot?

fdmnFeb 21
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Wanted to get "the e-scooter of the mind" in there, but couldn't quite make it fit.
Feb 19 at 5:37pmWeb
Show threadSemitonesFeb 19
@marginalia what does that mean
Show threadMarginaliaFeb 19

@semitones Steve Jobs famously described computers as "bicycles of the mind".

E-scooters are a bit like bicycles in that they let you arrive someplace faster than walking, but unlike bicycles in that you get no exercise in the process.

Show threadSemitonesFeb 19
@marginalia I get your point but perhaps we can agree that they are still better than cars for exercise, traffic, etc.