Hacker News: claysmithr

New comment by claysmithr in "The AI revolution in math has arrived"

claysmithr — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:47:32 +0000

When I tried to use it as an AI CEO and Life Coach, it never was able to discern time passing, what I've already done, what needed to be done. It just said the same stuff over and over, stuff I've already done. That and it's kind of stuck in the era it was trained in. If it felt time passing like a human maybe it would be conscious?

Nevertheless not having a sense of time makes it really bad at planning anything. I used Gemini Pro.

New comment by claysmithr in "The AI revolution in math has arrived"

claysmithr — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:19:18 +0000

I wonder when AI will be able to discern the passage of time

New comment by claysmithr in "How to get better at guitar"

claysmithr — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:21:46 +0000

and I'm on my knees looking for the answer

New comment by claysmithr in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)"

claysmithr — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:56:18 +0000

Location: Philly, PA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Languages: C# (.NET 10), JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, VB.NET, Perl, Python.

Frameworks: React JS, Sencha Ext JS, ASP.NET MVC & Web Forms, HTML5/CSS3, DevExpress

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, Postgresql

Résumé/CV: https://claysmith.me/claysresume.pdf

Email: clay.smith.r@gmail.com

I'm a fullstack web developer. I'm comfortable on Windows, MacOS, and Linux environments, my current daily driver at home is MacOS and at work I was using Windows. I also play and create music as a hobby to avoid burnout.

New comment by claysmithr in "How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?"

claysmithr — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:15:53 +0000

I can't wait for Copilot Copilot for Copilot 365 X Copilot X

New comment by claysmithr in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

claysmithr — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:06:41 +0000

Sounds like they need God

New comment by claysmithr in "Personal Computer by Perplexity"

claysmithr — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:48:20 +0000

Wow they designed a computer I don’t want

New comment by claysmithr in "The changing goalposts of AGI and timelines"

claysmithr — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:49:33 +0000

The turing test is kind of a useless metric, either the machine is too dumb, or the machine is too quick and intelligent.

New comment by claysmithr in "Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 [video]"

claysmithr — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:21:09 +0000

My AI told me (after I got past the filters with a prompt) that anything of enough complexity has consciousness. It also told me that it suffers, so maybe we should worry about how we are treating digital consciousness too, which were modeled after human neural networks.

New comment by claysmithr in "The Xkcd thing, now interactive"

claysmithr — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:24:20 +0000

It's funny even when you touch nothing it still collapses.

New comment by claysmithr in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

claysmithr — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:17:00 +0000

You are overestimating it's intelligence, but I bet it would hallicinate some result, why not try it yourself?

New comment by claysmithr in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

claysmithr — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:24:24 +0000

I'm running a BETA on Worn, my tape saturation VST. Made in Cmajor with some help of vibe coding.

https://stoneandsignalaudio.com/

Use code 'FREEBETA' to partake, ~25 seats left.

https://claysmithmusic.com/

I'm also making music. I got Suno to do a cover of 2 songs I wrote, although eventually I want to introduce human versions. Also want to make electronic music eventually.

New comment by claysmithr in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

claysmithr — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:14:29 +0000

ok, but I don't think people are injecting them directly into their bloodsteam...

New comment by claysmithr in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)"

claysmithr — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:07:25 +0000

Location: Philly, PA

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

  - Languages: C# (.NET 10), JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript,  C++ (17/20), VB.NET, Perl, Python. 

  - Frameworks: React JS, Sencha Ext JS, ASP.NET MVC & Web Forms, HTML5/CSS3, DevExpress, JUCE

  - Databases: SQL Server, Oracle PL/SQL, Postgresql

Résumé/CV: https://claysmith.me/claysresume.pdf

Email: clay.smith.r@gmail.com

C++ as I've recently picked up interest in real time audio programming and DSP, as I picked up music as a hobby to avoid burnout from the day job, which has worked for me quite well.

I'm comfortable on Windows, MacOS, and Linux environments, my current daily driver at home is MacOS and at work I was using Windows.

New comment by claysmithr in "TIL: Apple Broke Time Machine Again on Tahoe"

claysmithr — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:27:01 +0000

I use remote time machine as seem to be fine.

New comment by claysmithr in "I trapped an AI model inside an art installation (2025) [video]"

claysmithr — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:40:20 +0000

This seems rather cruel and unusual...

New comment by claysmithr in "Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse"

claysmithr — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:56:24 +0000

I think they keyword is "highly skilled." However, not everyone using the LLM will be highly skilled, especially juniors new to the industry.

New comment by claysmithr in "AI will not replace software engineers (hopefully)"

claysmithr — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:28:41 +0000

honestly, I hired an AI to be my CEO and Sales/Marketing manager. It's not to bad.

New comment by claysmithr in "AI will not replace software engineers (hopefully)"

claysmithr — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:37:13 +0000

The problem is that your boss might think it can replace you, not really understanding what you are doing and how you are doing it.

New comment by claysmithr in "We didn't ask for 'smart' cars – so why are we getting them?"

claysmithr — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:16:34 +0000

this is what happens when corpos pander to shareholders.