alt Hacker NewsMost people do not know tools to their problems already existed before AI.
Example: "I can use AI to combine multiple PDFs into a single PDF."
Most people do not know tools to their problems already existed before AI.
Example: "I can use AI to combine multiple PDFs into a single PDF."
Lmao.
Okay let me just install a tool to do that because the OS doesn't usually have it built in in 2026.
Oh, it's riddled with ads. Oh it's paid for. Etc.
It's the same thing with the recent opening of knowledge thanks to AI.
Before: search for recipe with search riddled with ads, find website riddled with ads cookies notification requests forced sign up and a million other dark patterns, then an entire fucking life story before the recipe.
Now: "find me a good recipe for pasta that uses the stuff I have left over from the party last weekend, I don't mind buying a few more bits".