logoalt Hacker News

lobo_tuertotoday at 3:08 PM1 replyview on HN

We won't. AI engineering is here to stay whether people like it or not.

See what some guys like Linus Torvalds, or Eric S. Raymond are saying about. It's not so much about "vibes" but using the tool (yes the AI tool) in a certain way that can propel yourself towards your goal at unprecedented speeds.


Replies

kunaitoday at 9:51 PM

> It's not so much about "vibes" but using the tool (yes the AI tool) in a certain way that can propel yourself towards your goal at unprecedented speeds.

I think most would agree with that, unfortunately, this is not how LLMs or agentic flows are being marketed, nor how firms are encouraging their users to use them. It's being sold in a manner completely different from its capabilities.

I've maintained this for a long time but if AI was being sold as a way to achieve superhuman levels of productivity and to help you with certain goals or tasks then people would be far less opposed to its adoption. The social havoc it's wreaked as a result of Altman et al.'s bluster about it being a fully ready, human-level replacement for humans has done its reputational damage and it will take years for that to recover, especially given that they don't seem to care (yet).