guitheeengineer (u/guitheeengineer)

guitheeengineer commented on Ask HN: What is interviewing like now with everyone using AI? · Posted by u/ramesh31

khazhoux · a year ago

With AI making traditional coding problems trivial, tech interviews are shifting toward practical, real-world challenges, system design, and debugging exercises rather than pure algorithm puzzles. Some companies are revisiting in-person whiteboarding to assess thought processes, while others embrace AI, evaluating how candidates integrate it into their workflow. There's also a greater focus on explaining decisions, trade-offs, and collaboration. Instead of banning AI, many employers now test how effectively candidates use it while ensuring they have foundational skills. The trend favors assessing problem-solving in real work scenarios rather than just coding ability under artificial constraints.

guitheeengineer · a year ago

This sounds like it was generated by AI...

guitheeengineer commented on The real data wall is billions of years of evolution dynomight.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/walterbell

SketchySeaBeast · a year ago

But that ends up with weirdly dogmatic rules because it's not always a bad idea to move a pan without using the handle, it's just in some situations. It still takes a ton of potentially destructive iterations to be sure of something.

guitheeengineer · a year ago

Yea its tricky and costly. I believe we should bet on specificity to make this more optimal.

I know the trend with AI is to keep the scope generic so it can tackle different domains and look more like us, but I believe that even if we reach that, we'll always come back to make it better for a specific skill set, because we also do that as humans. No reason for an AI driver to know how to cook.

If we narrow the domain as much as possible it will cut the number of experiments it needs to do significantly

Edit: I wonder if its even going to be useful to devote so much resources into making a machine as similar as us as possible. We don't want a plane to fly like a bird, even if we could build it.

guitheeengineer commented on The real data wall is billions of years of evolution dynomight.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/walterbell

SketchySeaBeast · a year ago

Doesn't this then turn into a problem of sample quantity? You would need to shift into a quality mindset because with a robot you can't perform a billion iterations, you're locked into much more complex world with unavoidably real time interactions. Failure is suddenly very costly.

guitheeengineer · a year ago

AI's advantage would be that their learning can be shared

For example if Robot 0002 learns that trying to move a pan without using the handle is a bad idea, Robot 0001 would get that update (even if it came before)

guitheeengineer commented on Python Bans Prominent Dev for Enjoying the Wrong Old SNL Sketch lunduke.locals.com/post/5... · Posted by u/tu7001

aguaviva · 2 years ago

What is that SNL sketch? The famous "Point, Counter-Point" 1979 sketch starring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. The one where Dan Aykroyd says the phrase, "Jane, you ignorant slut."

I actually burst out laughing when I got to this part.

These people need a serious talking-to. It's clear they have no idea what the sketch was about, and that it was actually deeply and brilliantly anti-sexist to its core. Let alone the of climate of the time, or how their reaction might be received by the great Jane Curtin.

There's also this concept of "irony", but that may a bit too far out for them at this point.

guitheeengineer · 2 years ago

The article it's cherry-picking one minor incident of many more, to superficially construct a narrative to provoke the kind of reaction you're having at the moment (how could someone be banned just by referencing a snl skit), so readers instantly pick his side without considering all other repeated violations of their CoC:

    Overloading the discussion of the bylaws change (47 out of 177 posts in topic at the time the moderators closed the topic), which created an atmosphere of fear, uncertainty, and doubt, which encouraged increasingly emotional responses from other community members. The later result of the vote showed 81% support for the most controversial of the bylaws changes, which demonstrates the controversy was blown out of proportion.

    Defending “reverse racism” and “reverse sexism”, concepts not backed by empirical evidence, which could be seen as deliberate intimidation or creating an exclusionary environment.

    Using potentially offensive language or slurs, in one case even calling an SNL skit from the 1970s using the same slur “genuinely funny”, which shows a lack of empathy towards other community members.

    Making light of sensitive topics like workplace sexual harassment, which could be interpreted as harassment or creating an unwelcoming environment.
    Casually mentioning scenarios involving sexual abuse, which may be inappropriate or triggering for some audiences.

    Discussing bans or removals of community members, which may be seen as publishing private information without permission.

    Dismissing unacceptable behavior of others as a “neurodivergent” trait, which is problematic because it creates a stereotype that neurodivergent people are hard to interact with and need special treatment.

    Excessive discussion of controversial topics or past conflicts, which could be seen as sustained disruption of community discussions.

    Use of potentially offensive terms, even when self-censored or alluded to indirectly.

    Making assumptions or speculations about other community members’ motivations and/or mental health.

Source: https://discuss.python.org/t/three-month-suspension-for-a-co...

(I don't necessarily agree with either side, I just find it worthy pointing out that the article is bending the story to fit a narrative the author usually tries to paint).

guitheeengineer commented on Creativity fundamentally comes from memorization? shwin.co/blog/creativity-... · Posted by u/shw1n

Sammi · 2 years ago

"What I find instead, is that by just processing novel information, especially if I focus on analysing it, my brain internalizes insights and builds model of that type of thing"

Sorry, but this is memoization.

guitheeengineer · 2 years ago

I feel like every reply making a point against memorisation would benefit from having their definition of what is memorization, because every single one of those replies sound like they're still implicitly describing some sort of memorization as the better way