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J Scott's avatar

If you have the firepower, point AI at the problem space. Worst case it will fail.

Using AI has taken advantage of system thinking. If you can brainstorm the chain, AI can help you build it. When it works, it is like building a good team.

Kevin Schumacher's avatar

I used five different models to simultaneously write and red team a book that explains the separation of concrete and abstract objects that AI itself cannot actually accomplish. Written to be accessible at a tenth grade reading level but with phD level syllogisms in the appendix for any skeptics. What would have normally taken me more than a year to write only took weeks. I spent more time in research and conversations with industry people and working in InDesign than I did creating and organizing the content once the whole outline was finished. Amazing!

I wrote the book exactly for the audience that Vox is identifying here. People who don’t understand AI, are suspicious of it, and where its place in human experience lies.

Nibmeister's avatar

I love AI. AI art, AI writing, AI video, you name it.

Claude is the best IT guy that has ever existed. Claude makes Linux into the secret king OS everyone claimed it to be. Claude can even manhandle Windows 11 into submission.

AI is a force multiplier. It speeds up learning. It does the ugly grunt work no one wants to do.

Claude is my collaborator. I don't know how I existed before Claude.

Andy Stark's avatar

Could not agree more.

Now, if only I could scrape together a cool $100k for a HOME DGX station… should I do what my wife does, “if I asked in advance, you would have said no?” 😀

J Scott's avatar

Right. It will do the grunt work you would not do otherwise.

Narnia Bear's avatar

Lol my sentiments exactly. Best collab partner who pulls its own weight and then some!

Ruby slippers's avatar

AI has absolutely been a force multiplier for me. I’ve been open sourcing RISC-V CPU designs that would’ve taken years to develop, and I am on my way to being one or two generations behind the leading companies (AMD, Intel, Apple), while being able to create open source software that is on its way to challenge Siemens, cadence and synopsys EDA tools. It’s also massively speeding up the development of an open-source automotive DSP which will rival $1000+ ones at a fraction of the cost (I may be able to get the cost down to ($200).