| ▲ | jsheard 2 hours ago |
| Since the commit history is public, there's a much easier way to tell that AI had a hand in writing that list. https://github.com/a16z-infra/reading-list/commit/93bc3abb04... > opus descriptions in cursor, raw |
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| ▲ | mtlynch an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| That version is more sensible. Opus generated: > Warning: his endings are notoriously abrupt, like a segfault in the middle of your favorite function. In commit e4d022[0], the wording changed to: > Fair warning: most of these books famously don't have endings (they literally stop mid-sentence during a normal plot arc). It's unclear what led to that change, as the commit message is just "stephenson". It went through a few more minor edits to get to what's currently published. https://github.com/a16z-infra/reading-list/commit/e4d022d592... |
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| ▲ | ilikehurdles an hour ago | parent [-] | | matt-bornstein's commits in that repo do often start off with ai-generated descriptions which he then edits down. there are notes on some commits that say things like "AI GENERATED NEED TO EDIT". the other contributors' changes don't have these tells. while it should come as no surprise to have software written by llms, if these books are in fact just picked by llms then what's the point of this list? | | |
| ▲ | cowsandmilk an hour ago | parent [-] | | I don’t see any evidence the LLM picked the list of books, it instead was used to update/add descriptions of the books and series. |
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| ▲ | andy99 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Stephenson doesn't just write sci-fi, he writes operating manuals for the future. His books predicted cryptocurrency, the metaverse, and distributed computing before most of us knew what TCP/IP stood for. Warning: his endings are notoriously abrupt, like a segfault in the middle of your favorite function.
This really is a study in AI slop. At least they had the good sense to change it. |
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| ▲ | abecedarius 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | When they changed it is also when they misspelled his name. Opus got it right. I was surprised Stephenson took the misspelling as an AI tell. | |
| ▲ | nakamoto_damacy 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | How did his books PREDICT crypto when we had eCash way before any of his books? SMH. | | |
| ▲ | agentultra 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Most of his books are also dystopias, not operating manuals. | | |
| ▲ | ndiddy an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | a16z seems to view turning society into a dystopia as a goal, so that makes sense. Their portfolio includes: - DoubleSpeed, a bot farm as a service provider, allowing customers to orchestrate social media activity across thousands of fake accounts to create artificial consensus on the topic of their choice. Never pay a human again! - Cheddr, the TikTok of sports gambling, whose differentiating feature is allowing users under 21. Place live in-game bets with just a swipe! - Coverd, a new type of credit card where you can wipe off bills by betting on your favorite gambling games in their app. No VPN required! | | |
| ▲ | jsheard an hour ago | parent [-] | | > Cheddr > Coverd Even worse, they're bringing Web 2.0 startup names back... |
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| ▲ | rainsford an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Can A16Z tell the difference? Insert that meme "At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus, from the classic sci-fi novel, Don't Create the Torment Nexus". | |
| ▲ | cmrdporcupine an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | a16z and others like them never met a dystopian warning they didn't interpret as a titillating invitation to an uncomfortably exciting and inevitable future! |
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