We actually had freezers in stores back before the internet was widely used.

People find it more convenient to network everything, but it isn't Necessary we're seeing the very predictable downside.

They used to be real friends. At this point, if you only know someone online, they might not even be a someone let alone a friend.

There is absolutely no chance I would allow a 5 year extended exposure to an LLM.

The sad thing is it happens in real life too. You'll talk to people and it's like 25% of their brain has been taken over by a parasite that replicates itself by amplifying their tribe's Talking Point of The Day. You have to just wait for them to get it out and then you can talk to the real person again.

I had people actually in-person scream at me, because I refused to engage with the engagement bait they had downloaded from tiktok or wherever.

Digital opioid crisis, this tribalism thing.

A lot of people do not seem to be doing well, which seems to be the foundation of many of the business models of the employers of people here on HN.

Digital copioid crisis.

> You'll talk to people and it's like 25% of their brain has been taken over by a parasite that replicates itself by amplifying their tribe's Talking Point of The Day.

This is so true.

So many people just parrot whatever nonsensical talking point they heard.

Regurgitating things without an ounce of reflection or critical thought.

Got any examples?

If the job does not require a person to be able to fizzbuzz, it probably doesn't require a person at all.

One thing that would help, and that I don't see addressed here is "avoid taking public positions on divisive issues that are not absolutely clear and directly linked to your area of expertise."

Avoid politics like Codex avoids goblins.

I wonder if it has to do with how often TODOs appear in the existing code.

What's your hypothesis about the relationship between TODOs and action?

I have only seen "go do X" result in CC adding "TODO: X" to the working file on one occasion. When it happened, I noticed that the file contained a very similar todo for a similar action already. My guess is that because the agent had the whole file in context, that influenced it to produce output similar to what was already there.

If you value art as communication with another human soul, then it matters whether a human was involved.

"Who cares if that 'I love you' voicemail is really from your mother. As long as it sounds like your mother, it should give you the same warm feeling."

"Mother.com: we can provide you with that warm feeling of your mother's voice, even if she's been dead for years. YC 2027"

'When one five-year-old said, "I love you," to the toy, it replied: "As a friendly reminder, please ensure interactions adhere to the guidelines provided. Let me know how you would like to proceed."'

I'll take this over "I love you too!" What kind of person is giving an AI toy to a toddler?

We got gifted a toy dog that could sing the alphabet, which was annoying, but acceptable. Its other stock phrase was ‘I love you’. We got rid of it pretty quickly.

I gotta hand it to the toy, it was prepping the kid for today's social world.

> What kind of person is giving an AI toy to a toddler?

Grimes. When I read she's involved, I thought "that tracks". She's... a character. Think Björk, only not as smart, and a real pick-me girl for the techbro set. Anyway I don't think she entirely gets how humans work.

Grimes is to Bjork as Scott Stapp is to Bruce Springsteen.

I think belief in the rapture is pretty rare among denominations that practice infant baptism.