I’m trying to imagine obscuring the fact that my code sucks by explaining to people how much RAM my computer has, and what color terminal I used to write the code. Seems equally irrelevant to me. But feels like I’m in the minority on this.
I find it curious that AI people always seem very eager to explain how many different agents they have running, or how many different models were used together to produce their results. I assume this is meant to lend the work extra legitimacy? But the output is wrong/buggy all the same.
Tried to help a co-worker reproduce an issue today via a screen share. Told him to see the behavior required a one-line addition to the code. Then watched in horror as instead of adding that one line, he asked his coding AI to make the desired change and it spun around for 5 minutes trying to make dozens of changes in dozens of different files. The call ended predictably without co-worker having reproduced anything, and saying he'd get back to me.
Me, at work: I can't figure out an issue with this API. Any ideas?
Co-worker: You should use AI for this. Our annual reviews are going to start being based on how often you're using our internal AI tools.
Co-worker: Here's the answer to your question: [100% hallucinated slop nonsense.]
Me: 😑
Feeling very down about my “data driven” employer spending meeting time every week on reviewing AI “wins”, but NEVER considering problems caused by AI. Massive blind spot.
Losing my mind at work recently trying to help a colleague debug an issue. Watching his screen share, I saw a list of numbers in some logging. Asked him to sort the numbers so we could see if they were a sequence without any gaps, and watched in horror and disbelief as he switched to an LLM chat window and started typing a prompt asking it to sort the lines.
Apple's insistence on using “aluminium" in their presentations in the post-Ive era is such performative nonsense.
If I recall my last business ethics and compliance training at #Apple correctly there was something about corruption and not giving gifts to government officials, not even in countries where it’s „customary“ or „necessary“ to do so to do business…
https://www.theverge.com/news/737757/apple-president-donald-trump-ceo-tim-cook-glass-corning
Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump
Apple CEO Tim Cook gave President Donald Trump a “unique” piece of glass from iPhone glass manufacturer Corning that’s set in a 24-karat gold base.
I have never once wanted UI chrome to be translucent and take on varying colors of underlying content.
Well… maybe during the fever dream days of early Enlightenment builds. But certainly never for any real purposes.
Joachim