Hacker News: f4https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=f4Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 28 May 2026 19:17:22 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by f4 in "YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"]]>That video isn't helping your case.

That's not to say you can't make effortful novel content using AI, but this is just lazy hollow stimulation. Like all the laziest of AMVs, nothing to say outside of "isn't this cool?".

We want to see the person underneath and what ideas they explore through the medium - AI is just a fancy new tool of the times.

Who cares what brush or canvas Vincent used to make Starry Night? Without his name on it, it's just another oil painting.

]]>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:16:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311074f4https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311074https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48311074<![CDATA[New comment by f4 in "Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools"]]>I agree with you, however, there is a difference between being well-ready and widely-read. I think one who can recite the essence of a handful of books has more much to say than someone who can list 50 books they read last year.

]]>Sat, 10 May 2025 07:55:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43943962f4https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43943962https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43943962<![CDATA[New comment by f4 in "Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died"]]>To not be scrutinized for any and everything is vital. When all is accessible, actors playing the part of the good citizen are the prime. I would rather have pain than the pretense of good.

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