Ask HN: Demonstrating Skills When Everything Is a Prompt
2 by Brisk4t | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I used to (and sometimes still do) love really thinking about a problem - pen and paper, whiteboards, thinking on the tornado throne, you name it. And before AI, the projects I came up with might not have been the BEST or life-changing but they were the result of me hyper-focusing on something niche for an inordinate amount of time. Which inevitably meant I learned a lot AND anyone who saw that had a predictable reaction "that's so cool, you need a life, but still cool". And I've interpreted that as a recognition of skill and care. On occasion that has even landed me opportunities that I didn't even know existed. These days I find myself wondering if there's anything that isn't a prompt (or a few hundred) away. And if it is, what would make my skills valuable or even visible. Specifically in the context of soon becoming an ex-student, current struggling new-grad, I keep wondering what signals indicate skills to an outsider (and not a SKILLS.MD). A resume by itself is quickly becoming deceptive with most projects just being the product of barking at a model with half-baked ideas until something resembling a working prototype comes out. To be clear, I'm not a pessimist. I don't think its time to till the fields for our overlords. I'm trying to understand what advice people think is still applicable and what is a relic that needs a patch or two. TL;DR: AI projects are impressive but don't always indicate skills. How do i signal skills and not just ideas and prototypes?
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New ask Hacker News story: Are there any more startups with real technical challenges?
Are there any more startups with real technical challenges?
2 by artifix | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a technologist with 25+ years of hands-on experience across all IT roles and hundreds of technologies. I've done it all: from startups to Fortune 500s, from desktop applications to global distributed systems to AI dark factory harnesses. But I'm bored. I want to work with a startup who's taking on real challenges, challenges that require the kind of engineering expertise that gave us the microprocessor revolution and the real birth of Silicon Valley. Yes, everyone is talking about AI. Sure, in the right hands, with the right ring-fencing, AI is great, and there are plenty of great startup ideas around AI. At the same time, there is a lot of disinformation. The risk is that many of these startups will fail because they lack the serious engineering needed to use AI to its maximum potential. But I'm looking for something else. Do you have something that shifts the paradigm? Do you have a startup with a real challenge? I'd like to hear from you. I'd love to see what people are doing out there ... things that my AI agents haven't found yet.
2 by artifix | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a technologist with 25+ years of hands-on experience across all IT roles and hundreds of technologies. I've done it all: from startups to Fortune 500s, from desktop applications to global distributed systems to AI dark factory harnesses. But I'm bored. I want to work with a startup who's taking on real challenges, challenges that require the kind of engineering expertise that gave us the microprocessor revolution and the real birth of Silicon Valley. Yes, everyone is talking about AI. Sure, in the right hands, with the right ring-fencing, AI is great, and there are plenty of great startup ideas around AI. At the same time, there is a lot of disinformation. The risk is that many of these startups will fail because they lack the serious engineering needed to use AI to its maximum potential. But I'm looking for something else. Do you have something that shifts the paradigm? Do you have a startup with a real challenge? I'd like to hear from you. I'd love to see what people are doing out there ... things that my AI agents haven't found yet.
New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: Keep your eyes in one place while typing
Show HN: Keep your eyes in one place while typing
2 by willthefirst | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I wanted a way of typing that's tuned towards stream of consciousness/get down a bunch of words quickly. And I'm too lazy to move my eyes, so I wanted something where I could relax my eyes/brain and just get words out.
2 by willthefirst | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I wanted a way of typing that's tuned towards stream of consciousness/get down a bunch of words quickly. And I'm too lazy to move my eyes, so I wanted something where I could relax my eyes/brain and just get words out.
New ask Hacker News story: Tell HN: ChatGPT on macOS grants local computer access to cloud account
Tell HN: ChatGPT on macOS grants local computer access to cloud account
4 by lxgr | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I recently started a conversation on ChatGPT for macOS in "Work" mode with the "In the Cloud" execution option enabled. I was expecting this to run on a cloud VM, just like "Work" conversations started on chatgpt.com When I continued it in the browser (e.g. via right clicking it on macOS and then selecting "Open on chatgpt.com"), I was pretty shocked to learn that it actually had (and still has) access to my local file system. I could just prompt it to list files in my home directory, in /Applications etc. I never have opted into this behavior in the macOS app, nor does there seem to be any way to deactivate it. It's somewhat documented for enterprise accounts [1], and it can be deactivated for those in the admin panel, but this seems like the wrong place: Why should this be possible to activate remotely? Can anybody confirm this behavior? Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems pretty concerning. [1] https://ift.tt/5PeUoKm
4 by lxgr | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I recently started a conversation on ChatGPT for macOS in "Work" mode with the "In the Cloud" execution option enabled. I was expecting this to run on a cloud VM, just like "Work" conversations started on chatgpt.com When I continued it in the browser (e.g. via right clicking it on macOS and then selecting "Open on chatgpt.com"), I was pretty shocked to learn that it actually had (and still has) access to my local file system. I could just prompt it to list files in my home directory, in /Applications etc. I never have opted into this behavior in the macOS app, nor does there seem to be any way to deactivate it. It's somewhat documented for enterprise accounts [1], and it can be deactivated for those in the admin panel, but this seems like the wrong place: Why should this be possible to activate remotely? Can anybody confirm this behavior? Maybe I'm missing something, but this seems pretty concerning. [1] https://ift.tt/5PeUoKm