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Re:Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I hav... by troupo on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @05:58PM (#46520055)
Lol. In a few years when the world is awash in AI-generated slop [1] my "past skills" will not only be relevant, they will be actively sought after.

[1] Like the recent "Gas Town" and "Beads" that people keep mentioning in the comments that require extensive scripts/human intervention to purge from the system: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46510121

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Re:Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I hav... by mikestorrent on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:34PM (#46558167)
I'm probably the same age as you, and similarly counting on past skills - it's what lets me use AI to produce things that aren't slop.
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