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Re:Tell HN: A realization I've had about working with AIs an... by 3dsnano on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @12:09PM (#43707122)
> AI is an amplifier of what you are

reading this made me go back to a Douglas Englebart line that has been deep in my head: these tools are for "augmenting human intellect." i think it still holds water in my experience with LLMs. i searched it up and found his paper on the subject (what a surprise, i had no idea this existed).

https://www.dougengelbart.org/pubs/papers/scanned/Doug_Engel...

Re:Tell HN: A realization I've had about working with AIs an... by keepamovin on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @09:11PM (#43712063)
Wow, dude this is definitely the kind of thing you should post to HN! It's a nice looking paper, too. I'm going to post it now - don't hate me! :)