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Could AI Kill Off Humans?(scientificamerican.com)
2 points by lelele 3d ago|0 comments
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by lelele 2mo ago
But does such longevity equate to an strong, energetic life? Considering how protein intake relates to muscle and bone mass, wouldn't one rather live a little less, yet strong and kicking, rather than longer, yet thin and frail?
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by lelele 2mo ago
But if so, then where is the secret prompt sauce for getting those results, please? It's not like we complainers don't read and put in practice all we can about how to refine a spec prompt after prompt, yet our results are still
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by lelele 2mo ago
This.
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by lelele 2mo ago
> If you never use "naked pointers" and always use std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr, will it not reduce nearly all memory related bugs? It will, as long as the code uses them correctly all the time, including when refactorin
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by lelele 2mo ago
Sure, but the original comment was more like “flawed solution that exists” vs “decent solution that exists”, wasn't it? That is: vibe-coding can't replace developers yet, not even mediocre ones.
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by lelele 2mo ago
I definitely hope so!
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by lelele 2mo ago
P.S. Again, it all boils down to AGI not being with us yet. I guesstimate that AI writes at least 95% of my code, but given how often LLMs come up with inefficient or ineffective solutions, I'd never entrust my reputation to a vibe-cod
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by lelele 2mo ago
Mmm... People may overlook a glitch here and there, but judging by reviews on app stores, it seems to me that people get very annoyed when things break, especially when it happens at the worst possible time. As for AI fixing things... Sur
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by lelele 2mo ago
Sure, but how confident can they be that it doesn't also do things they don't want? Tests can't be exhaustive, whereas even a mediocre developer is likely to possess enough background knowledge to notice risks that a non-deve
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by lelele 2mo ago
Joel On Software: Rewriting software is the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make. [1] Microsoft: Take that, Joel! ;) --- [1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-yo
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by lelele 3mo ago
Indeed. I'm trying to develop a similar style. The phrasing in the quoted passage is really tight.
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by lelele 3mo ago
Yes, C# is becoming more and more complex, but IMO C++ is still in a class of its own. Just compare how many different, sometimes competing ways there are to initialize variables in C++, each with its own subtleties. I guess we'll have
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by lelele 3mo ago
See my reply to a similar objection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520416
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by lelele 3mo ago
See my reply to a similar objection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520416
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by lelele 3mo ago
Not really. C++ is on another level altogether: the code could be calling implicit conversion operators, the compiler could have instantiated some template code in an unforeseen way, and so on. Years ago, I was really proficient in C++, but
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by lelele 3mo ago
> y'know you can check if an operator has been overloaded And there lies the problem with C++: to be sure, you have to check. C++ code can't be taken at face value -- the most innocuous-looking code could be a ticking bomb.
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by lelele 3mo ago
In my experience, yes. AFAICS, LLMs never think out of the box, and are heavily influenced by the way you ask questions.
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by lelele 4mo ago
So, Greenspun's Tenth Rule seems to have come full circle: now, "Any sufficiently complicated Coalton program contains an ad hoc, slow implementation of half of OCaml." ;) I've left out "informally specified, bug-ri
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by lelele 4mo ago
Would you mind sharing your HW configuration? Thank you.
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by lelele 5mo ago
You forgot the 10 levels of precedence and the 3 associativity options for operators ;)
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by lelele 6mo ago
> The main difference between my workflow and the authors, is that I have the LLM "write" the design/plan/open questions/debug/etc. into markdown files, for almost every step. > > This is mostly helpfu
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by lelele 6mo ago
> Sure sounds like another fad diet. Yeah! A fad lasting millions of years of human evolution, however.
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by lelele 7mo ago
Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.
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by lelele 7mo ago
With the crucial difference that now you have some leeway in firing one/some of your bosses.
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by lelele 7mo ago
Thanks for sharing. Would you mind expanding on a few points? > 2. sell what makes customers feel good buying What did you have in mind? What would make a purchase feel good or bad for a customer? > 3. Never compete, focus on service
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by lelele 7mo ago
I don't know about others, but I switched to Reddit or forums for asking and answering questions because it offered a much smoother experience.
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by lelele 8mo ago
What do you mean?
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by lelele 8mo ago
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by lelele 9mo ago
There is no such thing as "desktop Linux". What we have instead is a large collection of distros, each with its own UX, unlike Windows or macOS which present a relatively unified platform. I switched to Linux many years ago becaus

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