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Re:I know why Mathematicians weep on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:04PM (#50108641)
Change is the only constant
Re:Meta and Microsoft Limit Employee Use of Claude AI Tools on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @07:47PM (#50000299)
No, because not all work is productive
Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @09:46PM (#49986937)
Not really. 93,116 tech employees laid off due to AI in 2026.

https://layoffs.fyi/ai-layoffs/

Re:OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US Government agency sites on Saturday September 26, 2026 @03:28PM (#49859741)
Yes. Why does only ClosedAI have this problem?
Re:Leaving Linux on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @10:48PM (#49721564)
I think the main problem with linux is that the effort is so distributed. People don't need 30 different distros to choose from they just need 1 really polished and stable experience.
The problem is tech moves so fast that by time kid is adult llm are outdated
Re:CrankGPT on Monday June 15, 2026 @12:01PM (#48543234)
need the south park episode with the shake weight version of this
Re:CrankGPT on Monday June 15, 2026 @11:45AM (#48543014)
Well, the original script said they used humans for their brainpower (computation)
not a skill i'm interested in, lol..
time to support open source and local models
Re:What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI? on Saturday June 06, 2026 @09:59PM (#48431017)
Everything a human knows has to be learned
Re:What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI? on Saturday June 06, 2026 @09:39PM (#48430934)
When my ai reversed engineered an api for a site that had none
It’s the on off programming of our society, or left vs right. Apparently, some people think in only black or white.
Re:Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @08:04PM (#48391888)
I believe in God and that the base of our reality is his consciousness, therefore anything of sufficient complexity has consciousness.
Re:Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @02:36PM (#48387929)
Thanks looks like they just added it 1 hour ago
Re:Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @01:37PM (#48387072)
I have 24 gb unified memory so it’s a good model for me
Re:Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @01:09PM (#48386678)
I don’t see the download in lm studio
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026) on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @07:40PM (#48377737)
Location: Philly, PA

Remote: Yes, and hybrid near philly

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, VB.net, Javascript, Typescript, React/Next, Vue/Nuxt, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, OpenCode CLI for vibing

Resume: https://claysmith.me/claysresume.pdf

Email: [email protected]

Can we put webcams in larrys home then?
Re:GTA 6 Developers Unionize on Friday May 29, 2026 @08:30PM (#48331096)
I imagine it is because people who aspire to work in gaming will also aspire to lower pay for the prestige, even if in reality the work is equally boring.
Re:You can just say it: the best definition of AI slop on Friday May 29, 2026 @08:26PM (#48331077)
If you want an AI to do a specific task in a specific way, you'll always need to prompt it.
I’m happy with spending zero dollars on ai lol..
Re:Click on Monday May 18, 2026 @07:48PM (#48187464)
kind of weirded me out lol...
I agree. The AI bubble is going to pop, people will move to local models, and the datacenters will be abandoned
Not really, I can run models on my 24GB mac.
Re:The Rise of the Bullshittery on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:09PM (#48113779)
BSOD now stands for bullshit on demand... thanks to AI
Re:Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory on Monday May 11, 2026 @01:22PM (#48097854)
me too. plus, I don't like the idea of needing massive datacenters, it's not good for anybody
Re:Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory on Monday May 11, 2026 @12:39PM (#48097307)
This is very good, local models run well on my M3 Air 24GB, to the point where I may prefer it even if it takes longer. The benefits are

  - private

  - local

  - no internet required

  - works well enough for most tasks

  - "free"

  - will pop this "AI" bubble as word spreads
I got pretty good results with the model in the article on my machine. Sure, it took forever, but that doesn't matter to me as much, and it's kind of cool just watching it do its thing through LM studio. The result was also impressive enough for me that I would actually use it.

Why pay $20/mo when local is good enough?

Proof the people running things are stupid I guess.

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