Ask HN: Does anyone have interests in anything besides AI?

6 points | by drsalt 3 hours ago

7 comments

  • nikonyrh 17 minutes ago

    Wood / metal working, MTB and Factorio. Or did you mean within the IT sector? Well ML is interesting ;)

    • junaid_97 1 hour ago

      Absolutely. I understand AI is the current big thing. But, there are tons of problems/ideas thats been around for decades, and haven't been solved (or, current solution is mediocre)

      It's just, these problems aren't the sexiest

      • JBAnderson5 1 hour ago

        I’m currently working through the Linux from scratch project and think it would be cool if I got good enough to contribute to the Linux kernel or drivers.

        • CqtGLRGcukpy 3 hours ago

          Yes. Remember that this crowd likes the newest things, and doesn't represent the general public.

          • hbcondo714 2 hours ago

            in no particular order:

              astronomy
              cryptocurrency
              climate change
              behavioral health
              prediction markets
            • atmosx 1 hour ago

              I hope so.

              • davydm 2 hours ago

                For sure! Whilst most of the people around me seem to enjoy putting up with bad outcomes for the tradeoff of a few good ones (using ai codegen), I'll only use it to remind me of something ("please provide an example of doing X with Y") or for documentation lookups. With both, I have to double-check anyway.

                I don't have any real desire to "have my productivity lifted" by ai codegen. I'd rather write my own code than debug someone else's. I like using the tdd cycle to let a design emerge. I care about the details in my code. I aim for maintainability over speed.