| ▲ | emp17344 a day ago |
| Minor shifts in productivity are hard to measure. Major jumps in productivity would be obvious. I think it’s clear that, if AI is affecting productivity, it’s to a minor degree at best. |
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| ▲ | 4ffg a day ago | parent [-] |
| i think it will make things go backwards. the big leaps in productivity come from really great ideas that are formalised into concepts that then take form. this comes from being in a meditative state. not blasting output at a higher rate. |
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| ▲ | mulmen a day ago | parent [-] | | Maybe. It also lets people build things that never would have existed before. My hobby is competitive pinball. There are multiple new stat and tournament tracking apps that have been vibe coded by people who never would have written code by hand. | | |
| ▲ | eiee a day ago | parent [-] | | So..? If it was genuinely worth building before, you would have. Having some kind of cost involved is a force of nature that invokes one to decide whether it is worth doing it or not. Moreover these activities only serve to enhance the wealth and interests of the few. Congrats. Don’t forget to look in the mirror. | | |
| ▲ | mulmen 18 hours ago | parent [-] | | It’s not operated for profit. People can just solve (some of) their problems by talking to computers. | | |
| ▲ | ygrr 14 hours ago | parent [-] | | What are you talking about? Llm producers are not a charity. | | |
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