Robert A. Hill1d ago

I don't think I have ever read a more concise and yet thorough explanation of my own observations, conclusions, and fears as a 20+ year veteran technology professional and 15 year SRE veteran.

We are actively tearing down the hard fought wins for ourselves and our customers in the chase for the MBAs and business idiots and the institutional knowledge and processes that solved huge problems are the victims of this AI circlejerk.

https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/

The AI Great Leap Forward

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...

Han, Not Solo
Show threadGlyph1d ago
@robert I have casually made this same observation but holy shit this is incredibly detailed and thorough
Show threadAddison1d ago
@glyph @robert I have been subsequently informed that the article is likely produced in part or in whole using LLMs: https://lobste.rs/c/2ioo8a

I don't have the means to detect this, and I'm deferring trust to others who do. I'm so sick of this.
The AI Great Leap Forward

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Show threadRobert A. Hill
@addison @glyph I mean the guy is an ML/AI researcher and engineer. I don't think it actually hurts his point in the post. I am not even against all usage of these tools, especially personal usage or whatever
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Show threadAddison1d ago
@robert @glyph I am. And it makes me unable to engage with this writing, because I cannot truly determine who's opinion I'm reading: a person's, or the emulation of a person's.
Show threadRobert A. Hill1d ago
@addison @glyph Ok, have a good one then.