idk, if anything I’m thinking more. The idea that I might be able to build everything I’ve ever planned out. At least the way I’m using them, it’s like the perfect assistive device for my flavor of ADHD — I get an interactive notebook I can talk through crazy stuff with. No panacea for sure, but I’m so much higher functioning it’s surreal. I’m not even using em in the volume many folks claim, more like pair programming with a somewhat mentally ill junior colleague. Much faster than I’d otherwise be.

this actually does include a crazy amount of long form latex expositions on a bunch of projects im having a blast iterating on. i must be experiencing what its almost like not having adhd

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zeroonetwothree 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Interesting. I feel like it makes my ADHD worse. If I code “manually” then I can enter hyperfocus/flow and it’s relaxing. If I use AI to code then I have to sit around waiting for it to respond and I get distracted and start something else, forgetting what I was doing before. Maybe there’s a better workflow for me though.

	▲	rom16384 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't have ADHD but I've set Codex CLI to send me a push notification via PushOver when it ends its turn and it helps a lot.

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ensocode 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe it’s not that we’re getting stupid because we don’t use our brains anymore. It’s more like having a reliable way to make fire — so we stop obsessing over sparks and start focusing on building something more important.

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jack_pp 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Instead of being the architect, engineer, plumber, electrician, carpenter you can (most of the time) just be the architect/planner. You for sure need to know how everything works in case LLMs mess the low level stuff up but it sure is nice not needing to lay bricks and dig ditches anymore and just build houses.

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discreteevent 4 hours ago | parent [-]

It won't turn most people into architects. It will turn them into PMs. The function of PMs is important but without engineers you are not going to build a sustainable system. And an LLM is not an engineer.

	▲	jack_pp 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you already are an engineer it frees you up to be an architect. If you aren't, then sure you'll be a PM with a lackluster team of engineers. LLMs can engineer small well defined functions / scripts rather well in my experience. Of course it helps to be able to understand what it outputs and prod it to engineer it just the way you want it. Still faster than me writing it from scratch, most of the time. And even if it's the same time as me doing it from scratch it feels easier so I can do more without getting tired.

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discreteevent 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Maybe it’s not that we’re getting stupid because we don’t use our brains anymore.

The study shows that the brain is not getting used. We will get stupid in the same way that people with office jobs get unhealthy if they don't deliberately exercise.

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kminehart 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can definitely relate to the abstract at least. While I am more productive now, and I am way more excited about working on longer term projects (especially by myself), I have found that the minutia is way more strenuous than it was before. I think that inhibits my ability to review what the LLM is producing.

I haven't been diagnosed with ADHD or anything but i also haven't been tested for it. It's something I have considered but I think it's pretty underdiagnosed in Spain.

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isolli 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Indeed, I feel like AI makes it less lonely to work, and for me, it's a net positive. It still has downsides for my focus, but that can be improved...

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skrebbel 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can you elaborate on how you use AI for this? Do you do it for coding or for “everything?”

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notrealyme123 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I am currently writing a paper and I am thinking exactly the same.

That must be how normal people feel.

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ensocode 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I feel the same. Do you think this is because the ADHD brain has so many ideas or is it the same for neuro-normal people?