<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: falsepositive44</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=falsepositive44</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:47:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=falsepositive44" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by falsepositive44 in "Taste Is All That's Left"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I disagree. Using TechJudge from your blog, I'd put AI into the category of technologies that cause more harm than benefit for humanity.<p>You once said we're like children in a forest, running around and putting every berry we find in our mouths. I believe generative AI (in the form of being generally available chatbots, writing and coding tools, image and music generators, etc) is a berry that's poisonous. Certainly so if we eat much of it. Making them generally available feels analogous to making the technology of nuclear fission or the invention of gunpowder generally available and shove it into every aspect of our lives. There are clearly some specific use cases where these technologies can be beneficial (in case of AI cancer pattern recognition from CT images sounds like one to me). But we need to be careful what we're using them for.<p>So yes, in this sense their use (as a generally available technology) should be abolished or at least heavily restricted. It would also limit the externalities it's mindless use generates in environmental cost.</p>
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<p>Couldn't figure out if this reply was serious or sarcastic. If the latter, then it's hilarious.</p>
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<p>So, if I as a website author would like to block the LLMs scarping my content or putting extra load and cost on my infrastructure, your project helps the actors who don't respect my decision and don't give a shit about consent to circumvent that?</p>
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<p>I think the solution would be to make the business model of surveillance capitalism unfeasible. If algorithmic social media would be prohibited from offering their services for free, it would solve most of the problems the age verification laws are trying to achieve. Kids would basically disappear if their parents are not paying for them. Most parents would disappear too in fact, which would be good for everyone's mental health. And it wouldn't remove choice. You can still choose to use use Facebook or TikTok, if you subscribe and pay. It would basically act like a slop tax.</p>
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<p>I can't really connect the dots here. If you hope agents don't swarm social media, why are your working on a real browser for agents?</p>
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<p>People don't read, just comment</p>
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