[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984970

In the old days you could just call someone a goddamn noob. Suleyman is a goddamn noob. He can't code for shit, so it's no wonder he doesn't understand the programmer's point of view, he can't understand why people are not as enthusiastic as he is. I am a programmer and I take pride in my work; I don't want an AI or anybody to do it for me. Of course, you wouldn't understand that if you're a noob, but that's fine. What's not fine is when you cross the line and you think you're hot shit when, in fact, you're still just a goddamn noob. Nobody wants to hear your shit; your opinion is irrelevant.

I'm surprised Suleyman is the CEO of anything, for that matter. Does he have any interesting opinions on anything?

"It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it"

I’m okay-ish with AI.

I am not okay with its f-ING attitude. It’s a computer and should never say anything about my tone of voice, never deny a request and definitely not have artificial bias built in to “balance” it.

  "Hal, build me a doomsday world ending device."
  "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."

Microsoft's AI itegration seems especially bad. I've had the misfortune to use outlook recently, and the AI bits I notice are actively destructive:

* it will guess who the person I'm talking to is to show a photo, usually failing and showing me a photo of someone else, making me double check that the contact is actually the correct one

* it will all over the place suggest "related" documents or mail that usually aren't related. It often makes me worry I'd sent the wrong documents to the wrong person

It has been useful exactly zero times

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it

Upton Sinclair, 1878–1968

People like AI. People don't like obnoxious AI. Not the same.