We know organic interest when we see it, so I merged all the comments into this one (the first) and re-upped it. Meta explanations here if it's the kind of thing you like:
IMO this should be flagged. This is outrage porn, and comments overwhelmingly fall into two camps: ones discussing the author and writing style, completely devoid of intellectual curiosity; and ones venting their own pent up energy based on the title/topic. Very few are interested in the actual points of the article, because it’s written in a way that maximally discourages civil discussion.
I know occasionally a “discuss the title” thread is allowed, but this one is almost strictly worse than just the title without the link, since we don’t get useless comments on the author in the latter case.
Oh, and I say this as someone who vaguely agree with the sentiment.
I skipped over the blog post and thread several times here, as the shortened title didn't really sound appealing.
It's only after I read it via twitter that I dug back in to see the thread. I agree that this might be seen as "outrage porn"... but who really doesn't love a good rant? It's good to discharge the thundercloud of disquiet through at least one good thread, such as this one.
As for me, and my perspective, I took the Stanford AI course back when it showed up here, and others... just to learn the mechanics of it, and it's fascinating. The hype cycle on this though, is off the charts.
I came to see if there were any others who wanted to get actual legislation to passed to help set up "Thought Leader Jail". ;-)
dang|1 year ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40734677
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40734700
oefrha|1 year ago
I know occasionally a “discuss the title” thread is allowed, but this one is almost strictly worse than just the title without the link, since we don’t get useless comments on the author in the latter case.
Oh, and I say this as someone who vaguely agree with the sentiment.
mikewarot|1 year ago
It's only after I read it via twitter that I dug back in to see the thread. I agree that this might be seen as "outrage porn"... but who really doesn't love a good rant? It's good to discharge the thundercloud of disquiet through at least one good thread, such as this one.
As for me, and my perspective, I took the Stanford AI course back when it showed up here, and others... just to learn the mechanics of it, and it's fascinating. The hype cycle on this though, is off the charts.
I came to see if there were any others who wanted to get actual legislation to passed to help set up "Thought Leader Jail". ;-)
remoquete|1 year ago
jubalfh|1 year ago