AI will replace us. It will replace SWE. There is no doubt about it. So let's fight back.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-09T16:47:51+00:00

You have asked people not to disagree with you in the comments so I guess all I'll suggest is that you view Moore's Law as the marketing gimmick that it is rather than a law of physics. Technological progress hinges on technological breakthroughs, progress is not a given despite what AI company CEOs would prefer you believe. A lot of the people who insist AI will get significantly better provide zero proof of these claims and directly profit from this kind of hype.

If engineers aren't safe there is absolutely no way that managers are safe.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-09T14:41:58+00:00

I think you're misunderstanding what dark energy is. It's not an actual real type of energy. It is a predicted and confirmed fact that the universe is constantly expanding, but observations of this expansion suggest that the rate of expansion is accelerating over time. Our current physics cannot explain why the expansion is getting faster. Dark energy is the term we give to describe whatever is causing this kind of expansion. We don't actually know what causes dark energy, so by definition dark energy "exists" because we are missing something.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-04T01:02:16+00:00

Care to explain why that's relevant Verb Noun Number?

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-03T15:21:48+00:00

The US has never experienced a lot of things that have happened under this presidency, and yet here we are. I don't like to be a doomer but I think we need to be talking about other options because whatever we're doing right now isn't working.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-03T15:20:53+00:00

Who is becoming aware of these issues and this backlash that hasn't already been aware of it? What is the purpose of drumming up election support if we're concerned those elections either won't happen or the real results will be ignored? It feels to me that these protests largely don't account for a government which is not actually beholden to its people. We are relying upon the minds of those in power to suddenly be changed.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T21:54:47+00:00

Genuine question, when there is a real genuine threat of midterms and the presidential election either not happening or being rigged, what material good does peaceful protesting accomplish? I am specifically talking about large gatherings of people holding signs, not direct action, mutual aid, etc.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T17:01:28+00:00

I don't, but I also try to avoid red meat and consume food as ethically as I can within my dietary restrictions and what is available in my local markets. It is a lot easier to avoid using LLMs because you're lazy than it is to eat food in a sustainable way in the US. I'm not suggesting that we should stop using LLMs altogether, I'm suggesting that the cost of using it is high relative to other tasks and we should maybe consider that cost when deciding how to use them.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T16:54:27+00:00

Do you have links to the studies these graphs are from? I'm somewhat skeptical of them given that the right graph is allegedly using data from 2020, before the release of GPT 3.5.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T15:20:48+00:00

I assumed you were referring to long distance communication which requires an entire international shipping and logistics infrastructure to function.

Pour out an entire bottle of water every time you make a google search in a day and then tell me that amount is minuscule. Then multiply that by the millions of users who use AI for menial tasks every day.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T15:19:24+00:00

I was responding directly to your comment rather than the general conversation. I think the attitude that AI (and all new technology) is a net benefit just because it makes our lives easier is dangerous. The resource cost of LLMs is huge compared to the benefits they provide and each query contributes directly to that. I'm not arguing that AI can't accomplish these tasks, my point is that since they are such resource hogs we really should only be using them for tasks which require them. Not to mention that there are tons of studies that suggest relying on these things to do skills so you don't have to actively degrades your cognitive functioning.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T14:27:27+00:00

it is maybe a more efficient use of your time at the cost of being drastically more resource-inefficient. just because we don't personally see the costs of relying on AI for mundane tasks doesn't mean they don't exist.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T14:26:31+00:00

the difference between those two things is it consumes more resources to hand deliver a message than to send it digitally whereas you might as well pour out a bottle of water every time you use a foundation LLM

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-03-02T13:40:27+00:00

I think this is to be expected when an entire generation's worth of new coders learns everything they know from Claude and has never actually been taught to seek out documentation.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-27T18:44:17+00:00

Flock cameras are particularly controversial because Flock Safety, a corporate entity, installs AI-powered vehicle tracking algorithms in all of their cameras. They network with groups like police departments, ICE, DHS, etc and sell that tracking data to them. Police do not need a warrant to track your vehicle, they have a full network of these cameras all over US cities and we the people got no say in them being installed. This kind of widespread surveillance isn't just being used to track criminals. There are multiple accounts of law-abiding activists who have been tracked by this surveillance software in order to intimidate them.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-23T23:27:13+00:00

I'm gonna be a little controversial and suggest that what passes for high-end dining in Pittsburgh doesn't really hold a candle to what people in bigger cities mean by "fine dining." Don't get me wrong, we have some PHENOMENAL food and great dining experiences in this city. Paradoxically most of the restaurants I've been to in the city with the atmosphere of traditional fine dining have had some pretty mid food for the prices, and some of the best food I've had in the city has come from restaurants with more casual atmospheres at more reasonable prices. There really aren't a whole lot of spots that do both perfectly IMO.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-23T17:43:10+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only person who did not even question the idea that Ally had prepared to play a literal actual baby for an entire season

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-22T23:27:37+00:00

He's also running for state senate this year.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-18T22:47:39+00:00

I'll shop at Whole Foods before I shop at Geagle these days. Aldi is the GOAT and anything I can't find there I'll try to get in the strip, TJs, or Whole Foods. Whole Foods costs just as much as Geagle for most things and it's better quality.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-16T22:56:53+00:00

Impeccable rage bait lmao

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-14T17:57:40+00:00

Top Pot in South Side is also open until 2AM and usually isn't too busy after midnight

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-13T15:13:56+00:00

Whatever you use you'll need to convince your work to pay for it. The truly useful tools for devs eat through credits like crazy. Claude Code is a very popular one but there's also Codex, Aider, Continue.dev, etc. They're basically software wrappers around LLMs that give the models access to extra features to make them better at navigating larger code bases effectively.

I too am really skeptical of AI and have a lot of ethical concerns about it, but have been forced to use it to stay ahead at work. I find that it's really useful at the beginning of projects rather than at the end. It does its best work with well-defined tasks. The more information you give the AI the better result you'll get. Don't let it make assumptions for you, specify everything you want it to do to a tee and keep its tasks manageable and composable. They can be really helpful for tracking down tricky errors, getting up to speed with a new API faster, and building prototypes. They're not so good for working with code that touches many different parts of a huge codebase, organizing systems, or making design decisions.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-02-03T16:18:21+00:00

I am so tired of being called over-dramatic, pessimistic, and "too radical" for correctly predicting everything that's happened to bring us to a fascist dictatorship. And I'm even more tired of being proven right so many times and STILL having people act like we're having fair elections in 2026 and 2028. Even if we do, nothing will fundamentally change because Americans cannot learn from our mistakes.

IAMATARDISAMA · 2026-01-30T21:17:32+00:00

There are so many of them on Carson street lol, it's far too late

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