Hacker News: burbankiohttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=burbankioHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:23:25 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by burbankio in "Generative AI is overrated, long live old-school AI"]]>As the old joke goes, "AI" is anything that doesn't work yet.

Once an "AI" system becomes reliable, we quickly take it for granted and it no longer seems impressive or interesting. It's just a database. Or an image classifier. Or a chatbot.

]]>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:58:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35172208burbankiohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35172208https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35172208<![CDATA[New comment by burbankio in "US Marines defeat DARPA robot by hiding under a cardboard box"]]>I like "AI is anything that doesn't work yet".

]]>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:24:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34521195burbankiohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34521195https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34521195<![CDATA[New comment by burbankio in "Wayfair is laying off 1,750 workers"]]>Yes, they laid off ~500 folks in Feb 2020 right before covid gave them a huge (and in retrospect, temporary) shot in the arm.

]]>Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:01:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34456071burbankiohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34456071https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34456071<![CDATA[New comment by burbankio in "Apple says iPhones will switch to USB-C chargers to comply with new EU law"]]>The 3rd-gen Apple TV 4K introduced on the 18th switched the charging port on the remote from Lightning to USB-C.

]]>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:49:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33360386burbankiohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33360386https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33360386