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news.ycombinator.com 3y ago

Ask HN: How is the web effected by an AI generated feedback loop?

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qfabgtpxazxxnoc5h5rdcorsw4sivkmmte2kkpki5ejxuzqgq3eq.arweave.net 3y ago

ChatGPT lied to me and then tried to deny it

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Ask HN: Does anyone want to push their mobile app (for free) on Twicsy?

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news.ycombinator.com 7y ago

Registered domain one day, got 23 calls from marketers the next

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twicsy-blog.tumblr.com 8y ago

How I targeted the Reddit CEO with Facebook ads to get an interview at Reddit

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www.businessinsider.com 8y ago

How to make an executive poop their pants, by Jeff Bezos

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www.theverge.com 8y ago

Sounds like Anthony Levandowski has aspirations to build Skynet

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finance.yahoo.com 8y ago

AR Lightsaber game that's actually fun

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markets.businessinsider.com 8y ago

Incorrect article on FB earnings causes algorithmic sell-off of stock

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sfbay.craigslist.org 10y ago

Who wants to buy stupid Twicsy? (attempt 2)

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twicsyblog.us 10y ago

How to Do Recommended Articles for Reddit

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photoworld.com 10y ago

How big is SnapChat? (spoiler: very)

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twicsy.tumblr.com 12y ago

Google bot showing up in Google Analytics?

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twicsy.tumblr.com 12y ago

My really successful, unfundable, piece of shit startup I hate to love

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news.ycombinator.com 13y ago

Ask HN: What analytics do you use when Google Analytics reaches its limits?

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twicsy.tumblr.com 13y ago

Toyota's idea of a good UX

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codenamejunction.tumblr.com 13y ago

Things to know when launching a Kickstarter campaign

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codenamejunction.tumblr.com 13y ago

A Free Game CAN Make it on Kickstarter

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news.ycombinator.com 13y ago

Ask HN: What is the highest trafficked website run by an individual?

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codenamejunction.tumblr.com 13y ago

All Unsubscribe Links are Broken

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The future is that people stop buying software and just build it themselves. The spam filter in thunderbird was broken for me, I built my own in hours and it works way better. Oh that CRM doesn’t have the features you want? Build one that does. It will become very easy to built and deploy solutions to many of your own bespoke problems.

I don’t like the comparison between humans and humans. Humans don’t travel around at 100mph in packs of other humans. Why not use every sensor type at our disposal if it gives us more info to make decisions? Yes I understand it’s more complicated, but we figure stuff out.

We need to update robots.txt for the LLM world, help them find things more efficiently (or not at all I guess). Provide specs for actions that can be taken. Etc.

You are assuming they will commit to the solution and ride it to their grave trying to make it work. They will experiment and figure out a way to make it cheaper, or they will give up. They have plenty of money to experiment with this.

You can debate this until you are blue in the face. If the costs are less they will do it. If they aren’t they won’t do it. That’s the only sense that needs to be made.

“Even if you can disable individual AI features, the cognitive load of monitoring an opaque system that’s supposedly working on your behalf would be overwhelming.”

99.9% of people haven’t ever had one single thought about how their software works. I don’t think they will be overwhelmed with cognitive load. Quite the opposite.

Any numbers on how much energy isn’t sensitive to time? Is it reasonable to say that people can just use energy more when it’s windy to save money? Perhaps if could incentivize people to have large local batteries to eat it up during these times and use it during more costly times? But that seems very expensive.

I don’t think it’s some master scheme. They are trying to make money more than anything else. So they distort the truth to what sells the most. That just happens to be one of two major ideologies that hate each other. The effect is the same, but the motivations, and thus how you counteract, are different.

Are we saying software engineers making $125-150k are middle class? If so, then yes this I absolutely believe this is true. These will still be high level people for the most part that will up our game in my opinion. Thats in the opinion column, hard to prove. But this fee may have a net negative impact on jobs for Americans as it will push more companies to simply outsource to these countries rather than pay more in the US. So you need to tax that too. And then they will find some way around that and we will need to tax that new thing. I don’t like this game, it is trying to stop progress in my opinion. But I guess it is a balancing act and who knows where you set the line. Adding friction to it will definitely make it so only higher quality talent migrates here, that much seems clear.

Agent, I need some vitamin D, can you find me the best deal for some rated in the top 5? Agent deployed. Ok we found a bottle with a 30 day supply of Nature’s Own from a well respected merchant. It can be here in 2 days and it is $12. Should I buy? Yes.

Or you could add some other parameters and tell it to buy now if under $15.

Agent, I need a regular order for my groceries, but I also need to make a pumpkin pie so can you get me what I need for that? Also, let’s double the fruit this time and order from the store that can get it to me today.

Most purchases for me are not enjoyable. Only the big ones are.