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I don't have the time to write out the full response to this I want to right now, so I just want to say there is an almost immeasurable gulf between someone like Linus Torvalds using AI for debugging vs a coked out techbro junior engineer vibecoding the next Spotify but for access to water.
In my heart of hearts I still wish he wouldn't touch the stuff just for the message this is going to send to all the wrong kinds of people but here we are.
Since AI cannot be trusted for accuracy, using it as an unreliable search tool makes sense to me. Even when it is wrong, your goal is to validate.
Just use ai to write out your longer response /s
That would improve length, comprehension, desirability, gramification, and … hold on, still buffering out the Vibe List of random categories I posthoc figured help justify my point. AI taught me that’s a good way to make points.
Great idea! That technique isn't just genius — it's full of real human vibes.