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Ask HN: Which skill do you believe will take the longest to be replaced by AI?
There is a lot of debate whether AI will surpass humans in all economically viable skills (AGI, by one definition). Regardless of whether this will happen, or when, many people already have lost their jobs in part due to the emerging capabilities of AI models, including writing, document analysis, d...
Ask HN: What would convince you to take AI seriously?
Recently OpenAI announced an AI model/system they had recently developed won a gold medal at the IMO. The IMO is a very difficult exam, and only the best high schoolers in the world even qualify, let alone win gold. Those who do often go on to cutting edge mathematical research, like Terence Ta...
Ask HN: Has your opinion on AI changed over the past year?
As in, were you originally optimistic about AI, but are now pessimistic, or were once pessimistic but are now optimistic? Did you originally see it as a huge boon to your work, but now find it a hinderance, or were you once dismissive of it, but now find it indispensible?<p>Just curious who has chan...
Ask HN: What would you do if AGI were coming in 2-4 years?
It seems that there is a general bearishness with respect to AI progress on this site. I feel that skepticism is warranted, but it seems that every few months a new AI development completely undoes many assumptions about what AI will &quot;never&quot; be able to do.<p>There is a universe where AI mo...
Atomic Gardening (en.wikipedia.org)
Ask HN: Has any side project of yours made a significant amount of money? (>$5k)
Ask HN: Any experienced devs who use AI extensively in their work?
I know that vibe-coding has an obvious appeal to non-technical people and those who don&#x27;t have a lot of experience, but I was wondering if those who have extensive technical experience get use out of AI coding tools.<p>If you do, what workflows have worked best for you? What models do you trust...
The Los Alamos Primer [pdf] (upload.wikimedia.org)