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Nope.

You:

  You're again reverting to the only reason people like these is because they're stupid.
Me:

  If you haven't already, you should watch this topical presentation from Greg K-H that was posted to HN like a week ago.  ... Notice how his praise for the tools differs from so much of the expressed positive sentiment for said tools here on HN. ... The "high-horsepower" people I've known both express very nuanced opinions ...
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Thanks but I'm not going to watch it.

> people are simultaneously much more easily impressed and often lack the skill to properly evaluate the output they're getting

Yes, this is the exact sentiment expressed. That the praise you see is because of these people with low-horsepower who aren't capable of evaluating their own experiences.

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> Thanks but I'm not going to watch it.

You really should! It's positive sentiment about LLM-based tools that comes from a "high-horsepower" individual. Given your commentary here, it really seems like you've not encountered much of that sort of thing, so it'd really do you some good to load it into to your databanks for use in future discussions.

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I've encountered plenty of it on HN and elsewhere, I just don't share your view of the space.
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Well, yeah, when you are asked why people talk about these models on HN and your answers are: myopia, funded support, taking things personally, and pedantry and then you double down on it suggesting that another reason is these people aren't capable of evaluating what they are seeing, then you are only painting those people with a negative brush.

Do yo believe there are positive reasons people are adopting these models? Because there is nothing in your responses that suggest you do. I, as somebody who rarely uses these models but understands why people might, don't see any attempt at being unbiased.

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You both broke the site guidelines badly and repeatedly in this thread, including by crossing into personal attack.

Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to them in the future? We'd appreciate it.

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I got it now. This is just how you communicate, insulting people who disagree with you.

Frankly I don't think you've understood what I was saying but it doesn't matter. You keep saying I'm misunderstanding you but your bias is very obvious and I don't think you've answered why people are praising these models.

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You both broke the site guidelines badly and repeatedly in this thread, including by crossing into personal attack.

Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to them in the future? We'd appreciate it.

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