Engineers who dismiss AI

Re:Engineers who dismiss AI by nottorp on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:41AM (#46325743)

> it isn't unreasonable for any enthusiast or policy maker to speculate about where it could go

What is posted to HN daily is beyond speculation. I suppose a psychologist has a term for what it is, I don't.

Edit: well, guess what? I asked an "AI":

Psychological Drivers of AI Hype:

  Term                   | Driver                | Resulting Behavior

  -----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------

  ELIZA Effect           | Symbolic projection   | Treating a script like a person.

  Automation Bias        | Cognitive offloading  | Trusting AI over your own eyes.

  Techno-Optimism        | Confirmation bias     | Ignoring risks for "progress."

  Interface Familiarity  | Fluency heuristic     | Friendly UI = "Smart" system.

By the way, the text formatting is done by the "AI" as well. Asked it to make the table look like a table on HN specifically.

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Re:Engineers who dismiss AI by jennyholzer2 on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:43AM (#46325766)

idiocy, delusion, propaganda, lies, and manipulation are a few terms i came up with off the top of my head

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Re:Engineers who dismiss AI by DonHopkins on Friday December 19, 2025 @08:59AM (#46325917)

At least AI can write grammatically correct sentences and use punctuation and proper capitalization.

As a 0.1x low effort Hacker News user who can't lift a pinky to press a shift or punctuation key, you should consider using AI to improve the quality of your repetitive off-topic hostile vibe postings and performative opinions.

Or put down the phone and step away from the toilet.

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Re:Engineers who dismiss AI by nottorp on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:27AM (#46326209)

while they're definitely overdoing it, i'd say that picking on spelling, grammar etc instead of the content is also low effort

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Re:Engineers who dismiss AI by jennyholzer2 on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:14AM (#46326066)

i'm right and he's mad

AI is for idiots

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Re:Engineers who dismiss AI by DonHopkins on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:17AM (#46326094)

You sound quite mad by both meanings of the term.

And you just unwittingly proved my point, so I'm downgrading you to an 0.01x low effort Hacker News user.

If there are no other effects of AI than driving people like you out of the industry, then it's proven itself quite useful.

Edit: ok I will concede that point to you that I was mistaken about 0.01x, for candidly admitting (and continuously providing incontrovertible proof) that you're only a 0.001x low effort Hacker News user. I shouldn't have overestimated you, given all the evidence.

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Re:Engineers who dismiss AI by jennyholzer2 on Friday December 19, 2025 @09:24AM (#46326176)

0.001x

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