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@n1xnx @cwebber Didn't bootcamps turn into a model "when the measure becomes the target" problem?

@wordshaper @cwebber You know how people always yell "this thread should be a blog post!"

Well, that's the thing: I...don't want to. I find it easier to write in short posts. I could, however, toss it in Opus to make a draft and fix it up as a proper blog post. But right now people are too het up about AI to accept that, so I'm not about to spend tokens or time on it even if it would be an unalloyed positive.

@wordshaper @cwebber What I will say is that continuing to maintain and develop the underlying skills is still important. People who let their writing, coding, whatever skills atrophy are likely doing themselves a disservice.

edit: It varies by thing. For example: I never wanted to be good at computer, I wanted to play Wing Commander. I'm happy to let the LLM make little one-off scripts and tools now. I offload a lot for longform nonfiction, but I run the show 90% with music and fiction writing.

It makes sense to me, then, that someone who never cared as much about code as what they could do with it is happy to offload coding to devote more brain power to the part that's fun for them.

@wordshaper @cwebber

It might just be me but I think there's an aversion to pointing people at projects where these tools were a part of it because some of those people will be jerks, or worse.

When I talk about how I'm using the tools, it's for people who already want to use them and just want some guidance for getting started on their own stuff, not for a general audience. It's not to prove anything, so there's no value in examples that outweighs the personal attacks it would invite.