Geez! When it comes to answering questions, GPT-5 almost always starts with glazing about what a great question it is, where as GPT-4 directly addresses the answer without the fluff. In a blind test, I would probably pick GPT-4 as a superior model, so I am not surprised why people feel so let down with GPT-5.
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shubhamjain commented on GPT-5 is a joke. Will it matter? bloodinthemachine.com/p/g... · Posted by u/dbalatero
Is it just me or is anyone else worried what will happen when the industry realizes LLMs are just not going to be the path to AGI? We are building nuclear power plants, massive datacenters that make our old datacenters look like toys.
We are investing literal hundreds of billions into something that is looking more and more likely to flop than succeed.
What scares me the most is we are being steered into a sunk cost fallacy. Industry will continue to claim it is just around the corner, more and more infrastructure will be built, even underground water is being rationed in certain places because AI datacenters apparently deserve priority.
Are we being forced into a situation where we are invested too much in this to come face to face with it doesn't work and it makes everything worse?
What is this capacity being built for? It no longer makes any sense.
Even if AI progress all stops and we are stuck with these models, it would at least take a few years to make use them to the full potential. What gets lost in this AGI debate is how impressive are these models without even reaching it. And the places where it has been applied are just tip of the iceberg.
It's just like dot-com bubble, everyone was pumped that Internet is going to take over the world. And even though, the bubble popped, the Internet did eventually take over the world.
Disappointing to see all the snarky remarks here. Let me tell you, it's not easy to ignore the AI wave. The fear of being left behind is very, very real. AI-based tools are quadrupling their revenues in a matter of months, even on a very high base (Cursor famously going from $100M to $300M in 3 months). Reading "it's all over", "graphic design is dead" all over social media doesn't help either.
I am an author of a Desktop App [1] myself. More often than I like to admit, I find myself wondering how I can integrate AI, because that's all the rage these days and gets views, clicks, and potentially revenue.
Taking a firm stance like this and standing up for creativity is not an easy stance. Kudos to Procreate team for taking it!
I wasn't expecting much, and I personally didn't get a lot from the article, but if I was in early 20s, I would've been hugely inspired. Jessica surely has a gift for clear and motivating writing.
It should a case study how every tech company eventually ruin the experience of their platforms, and how Apple never does. You can fault Apple for not innovating enough, but what they never do is 'shoving in the face', which is endemic to companies like Microsoft. I had to use Windows to test my app's Windows build [1], it's crazy how many random things are there, with no obvious way to remove them.
There's donkey right in the corner of the bottom search bar reminding me that today is "World Donkey Day". On the other corner is some random info clicking, which I get breaking news, weather, and stock-related info. I just begin using the system, when there's popup about co-pilot chat or something. Search is almost useless as it seems more interested in returning bing-related results vs what's actually on my computer.
Everything seems to be designed to maximize 'user engagement' of products that are hot right now, and what upper management seems to be interested in. The news is no surprise as it seems everyone in the company is rallying behind AI efforts without paying heed to user experience.
shubhamjain commented on EU startups fail because their press refuses to hype them up twitter.com/RnaudBertrand... · Posted by u/ryzvonusef
This is a pretty bad take, imo and confuses cause and effect. Why does US press hype their startups? Because they do have track record of creating revolutionary companies, something that can be traced back to 70s (Atari, Apple, Microsoft).
It’s much easier for an established player to replicate the success elsewhere, despite of over-regulation. Just see how successful are US firms in India, but it will be mistake to not fault Indian bureaucracy and regulation for the lack of its own set of high-tech companies. So I would take Airbnb's success in EU with a grain of salt.
In US, you can start a LLC, get a bank account, a tax ID, all within a few days. The process is completely online. Taxes? A single form for the whole year when you’re starting out. Hiring and laying off employees is relatively easy. How many European countries can claim the same?
shubhamjain commented on Show HN: TextQuery – Query CSV, JSON, XLSX Files with SQL textquery.app/... · Posted by u/shubhamjain
Have you seen duckdb? https://duckdb.org/
It's basically what you're building, but more low-level. Really cool, to be honest -- serves the same market too. Do you have any significant differentiator, other than charts?
TextQuery actually uses DuckDB under the hood :) DuckDB is no doubt an excellent piece of software already. The differentiator is that GUI client is just a good lever to make many things easier.
In context of TextQuery: you can use tabs you can work on multiple queries. With Table editor you can edit multiple field values at once. During import, you can have better control over what the final table would look like (select/deselect columns, define data/time format etc.)
Again, it's a personal preference. Some people swear by psql, and some can't live without TablePlus/Postico.
shubhamjain commented on Show HN: TextQuery – Query CSV, JSON, XLSX Files with SQL textquery.app/... · Posted by u/shubhamjain
Quick question - is it possible to import multiple files at once? I frequently get ZIP files full of csv/xlsx files that I need to search through. I didn't see a way to import more than 1 file at a time. Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback! It is something on my mind. Will think about the best way to implement it.