On AI

The guy that runs NearlyFreeSpeech posted a great commentary on the state of AI as it is now. Very much aligned with my views on the topic, but written much better than I could ever manage!

Here are some quotes from the post. But better go and read the whole post: Is NearlyFreeSpeech.NET anti-AI?.

On most common form of GenAI

...transforms stupidity and exploitation into previously-unimaginable quantities of bullshit.

More on GenAI:

GenAI for the people who looked at the Internet and said, “You know what this needs? More nonconsensual pornography!”

On coding:

I’ve let coding agents write unit tests for me, which were actually mostly decent, except for that time an incorrect test failed so the agent quietly changed the code to also be wrong so the test would pass.

On Chatbots:

This only works with LLMs because, I find, human beings get peevish if you ask them for ideas and then repeatedly tell them why all of their suggestions are dumb and wrong.

On value:

The most expensive mediocrity the world has ever known

I used to host my site with NearlyFreeSpeech for many years. They offer a top class service hands off (for them) service at a very reasonable cost. If you know what you are doing, give them a go.