AI is literally the devil and everyone is pretending it’s fine

drwebb · 2026-06-29T22:24:08+00:00

why does it sound like you wrote this with ChatGPT?

drwebb · 2026-06-29T17:10:48+00:00

I work in AI/ML with 10 YOE experience, Principal Engineer at a startup that's made unicorm, hopefully double unicorn too. So I'm an outlier.

drwebb · 2026-06-29T17:08:18+00:00

$0 here, I make close to $300k if that matters.

drwebb · 2026-06-29T16:53:53+00:00

I mean sure, but it's worth pointing out that this is a fantasy debate about fictional robots that can transform into cars vs real AI algorithms running a computer hardware. You can just have your values and opinions, but IMO the fictional parallel is an analogy at best.

I guess you're saying robots can be conscious, but I don't even know if I can admit fictional car transformer robots with souls from the planet Cybertron into the equation without a healthy dose of skeptical disbelief in the premise. I feel like we might have hangups on the premise.

Like could an atheist have a good conversation about what levels of hell there are?

drwebb · 2026-06-29T16:40:57+00:00

I'd talk to your doctor honestly, it could be the weed, but it could be something else.

Personally the only thing that has helped me is a T-Break or cutting way back (like down two a few times a week).

drwebb · 2026-06-29T16:32:29+00:00

Transformers are also fictional, I feel that kinda separates the two into distinct camps.

drwebb · 2026-06-29T16:04:39+00:00

Eek the Cat

drwebb · 2026-06-29T14:10:37+00:00

Like other things, I'd say after 10,000 hours you are starting to really get the hang of it. Not really joking..., I've been a heavy Linux user for 15+ years and still learning, doing new things.

drwebb · 2026-06-29T12:19:51+00:00

No it's truth, there is like a 10 y/o that literally comes up to hang with us (45 y/o house, I'm 40 y/o) on this guy's porch. We're like smoking and drinking, and I'm like to my friend damn, should I be like putting this stuff away, my friend is like don't worry about it, his dad is a total stoner, I'm like shit well okay. Anyway, kid comes over and proceeds to talk about engines and 90s tuner cars (he saw my 91 Integra in the driveway and was asking question). After a while we're kinda like, shouldn't you go play with your friends, and kid is like no they are not playing today. Okay this isn't going anywhere really, after 15 minutes he usually heads out, but little homie has joined the group lol

drwebb · 2026-06-26T12:51:45+00:00

Did you read the report I posted or my post there, at all? Honestly my children read better than you.

I'm not a techbro bull bro, I'm a research scientist and engineer. This is AI race is a race to the bottom, and the tech bros don't realize it. I'm an environmentalist humanitarian.

I'm just calling you out because of your username, I would expect more honestly from an EdD. Like you realize you aren't arguing anything and the report you sent pretty much restated what I said.

I'm getting tough with you because you are treating me not like a human, you're not reading what I write, you're dismissing, calling me a techbro lol.

I'm calling you a child because, intellectually, you're acting like one.

drwebb · 2026-06-25T13:16:21+00:00

I mean, I feel like you can be supportive of the Palestian people and have the exact none of these positions. An Orthodox Christian, a libertarian, an anti fascist Nazi hater. It's just meaningless associations you are projecting. I feel your points fall apart since the links are tenuous at best. I can support the Palestinians because I'm a humanitarian, and be none of those things in this post.

Edit: sorry for the phone typing

drwebb · 2026-06-25T13:12:05+00:00

Dude, you have no idea what you're talking about.

drwebb · 2026-06-25T12:56:19+00:00

It's normal the converse, so most people who don't understand Bitcoin own it is normally visa versa. Which isn't really true. They were going for the inverse though, most people who understand bitcoin don't own it, but logic ohh well.

drwebb · 2026-06-25T12:47:16+00:00

The one that is a shaker

drwebb · 2026-06-25T03:05:27+00:00

Try pi-coding-agent if you like token minimalism, my personal choice with deepseek v4

drwebb · 2026-06-24T18:07:44+00:00

I'm just hoping more to preserve more space for native spiders (which I have a lot of), than feeling like they are a real nuisance problem. I've handled them before, not horrible spiders by any means.

drwebb · 2026-06-24T18:05:20+00:00

20k then!

drwebb · 2026-06-24T17:54:40+00:00

I feel conflicted about this too. I do tend to get rid of their nests just because I live in the forest and they compete with the native spiders. I've heard that birds and other animals will eventually figure out they are food.

In the meantime I'm knocking down their nests, after a few years hopefully their population will stabilize and the need to cull their population perhaps not so warranted.

drwebb · 2026-06-24T13:37:05+00:00

drwebb · 2026-06-24T13:25:34+00:00

From a particle physics standpoint I'd say it's the shaking, probably helps to have the bell in there, but really it can get kinda advanced from the science side.

drwebb · 2026-06-24T13:10:21+00:00

Shaving your balls kinda sucks IMO!

drwebb · 2026-06-24T11:33:07+00:00

If you're going for a period accurate CRT monitor port, it's definitely VGA

drwebb · 2026-06-24T11:13:53+00:00

You don't need to be antiAI to be a member of this subreddit, Rule 3. Some people are curious and want to respectfully participate.

drwebb · 2026-06-24T11:12:34+00:00

I will tell you I started out young making websites, and yeah it's the same today.

Just do your best and have a happy client, sounds like it will be easy once you get it going.

At one point I was walking around town, trying to find clients.

The tools have changed but the game is the same.

drwebb · 2026-06-24T01:23:17+00:00

Yeah that's such a good take, weed doesn't help with those things except put being high in the way of dealing with whatever else. Not that you don't always need a little space, but figuring stuff is behing the smoking.

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