Don't fall into the anti-AI hype

Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by irthomasthomas on Sunday January 11, 2026 @12:40PM (#46577730)

In my feed 'AI hype' outnumbers 'anti-AI hype' 5-1. And anti-hype moderates like antirez and simonw are rare. To be a radical in ai is to believe that ai tools offer a modest but growing net positive utility to a modest but growing subset of hackers and professionals

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Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by kaffekaka on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:50PM (#46579242)

Well put.

AI obviously brings big benefits into the profession. We just have not seen exactly what they are just yet. How it will unfold.

But personally I feel that a future of not having to churn out yet another crud app is attractive.

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Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by catlifeonmars on Monday January 12, 2026 @12:13AM (#46584350)

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Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by kaffekaka on Monday January 12, 2026 @02:04AM (#46585069)

I agree, we (or I) should have gotten out of this earlier. Shame on me, really. But LLM:s have lowered the threshold.

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Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by never_inline on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:27AM (#46584796)

The only AI bloggers who don't have something to sell seems to be simonw, the flask guy, and this redis guy. Any other blog recommendations from HN?

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Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by erk__ on Monday January 12, 2026 @02:07AM (#46585089)

tbh I think it is just a question about time before flask guy has something to sell: https://earendil.com/

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Re:Don't fall into the anti-AI hype by never_inline on Monday January 12, 2026 @05:32AM (#46586564)

I can't for the life of me tell what it's about.

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