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New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:41:02 +0000

Your arguments are much lower quality than an LLM will generate. You are so transparently biased against them it is shocking. I’d certainly rather learn from an LLM than someone like you who is both grossly misinformed and a dick about it.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:39:21 +0000

They absolutely are good at checking work. It really depends on the level and you are grossly underestimating their ability and over generalizing their limitations. To say an LLM can’t grade pretty much any undergraduate level or under subject well is to not understand how far they’ve come.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:37:21 +0000

On average yes this is almost certainly true. As I said above technology is a lever and most people are incredibly lazy. However if one has drive and determination they are also incredibly powerful tools

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:46:44 +0000

Spot on analogy.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:30:14 +0000

See my response above on this.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:28:21 +0000

recently vibe-coded a personalized skateboarding block-training app. The platform maps curated YouTube tutorials to specific tricks I want to learn, logs my daily progress, and tracks failure rates alongside the specific reasons for missed attempts.It also functions as a structured video journal that integrates seamlessly into my coaching routine. For instance, during a session of 10 daily kickflip attempts, the app logs my success metrics and video capture so my coach can review my exact mechanics. Over time, this data-driven feedback loop visualizes my progression curve and systematically improves my landing consistency.

In another case I follow a bodybuilding cutting regimen and it helps me create and track recipes consistent with my diet plan and macro guidelines. It helps me also create tasty recipes that fit my criteria based on the ingredients I have on hand.

Those are just 2 examples.

I also recently built a backyard jib setup with a platform, ramp, PVC jib rail for snowboarding, and it helped me architect the design for it.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:16:14 +0000

Once more, you are making massively blanketed biased assumptions about me.

You seem to believe LLMs cannot even produce simple exams and rubrics is that right?

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:11:45 +0000

When did I say I wasn't doing and just reading. That is your own heavy bias creeping in.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:09:57 +0000

Your initial response post was to me, and you absolutely injected the heavily biased assumption that I was doing no active learning.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:01:48 +0000

Sifting through information to separate truth from fiction is a modern, experience-based skill that I’ve developed YES.

However, your perspective on how LLMs are used might be too narrow. While no one is suggesting using an AI to find a one-shot cure for Alzheimer's, LLMs are incredibly effective tools when paired with textbooks to master subjects like undergraduate physics.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:51:42 +0000

You are very closed minded. LLMs can absolutely give pragmatic and fast information in a useful (non-sycophantic form). You need to examine your extreme biases here.

Just because you can't use a tool doesn't mean the tool isnt useful.

Your bias on display here is frankly silly. Im not saying LLMs are ALWAYS the best way of learning something just like they aren't always the best at anything. They are a valuable tool though. Yes so is youtube and textbooks, and professsors, and peer review literature, and pen and paper, and block training etc.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:49:54 +0000

Nonsense. Absolute nonsense. Ive crafted LLMs to create drills and practice exams etc. Im not just reading about new sport activities, or videography/photography or linear algebra or physics. I'm putting it into action. As I said above, technology is a lever. Maybe you are just reading stuff and not drilling problems. That isnt me.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:47:32 +0000

You really just need to augment with tight prompting and know how to extract information and links to peer reviewed literature and well sourced information. Once again, technology here is a lever. Separating wheat from chaff has been key in academic and information pursuits forever and it is becoming ever more important.

New comment by hodder in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:49:22 +0000

Im learning new things at a pace I never imagined at 40 years old. New sports, new businesses, new academic pursuits. Technology is a lever and AI is the biggest lever we've ever had. It enables laziness or incredible productivity. Choose your own path forward.

New comment by hodder in "Ask HN: Open-Source Intelligence"

hodder — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:43:35 +0000

What is your question here? Has anyone considered monte carlo search for code gen?

Yes. Alphazero etc. Surely the labs extensively research ideas like this. Do you have a specific task you are inquiring about?

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

hodder — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:24:17 +0000

I just (vibe) coded up a little block training app for skateboarding. I noticed that the vast majority of skaters don't land anything consistently and just huck their skateboard around. Unlike in other sports where people follow some sort of progression most skaters never learn fundamentals or practice in a logical way. This is my solution to that using modern block training, progression gates, and tracking methods. This is still a tiny MVP:

https://blainehodder.github.io/shredlog/

New comment by hodder in "Shred Log – block training for skateboarding"

hodder — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:31:33 +0000

Most skateboarders don’t land tricks, they just huck boards around haphazardly.

This was an idea to bring an ultra barebones mvp to skateboarding to see if people might like the idea.

Shred Log – block training for skateboarding

hodder — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:31:33 +0000

Article URL: https://blainehodder.github.io/shredlog/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48529193

Points: 2

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New comment by hodder in "Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22"

hodder — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:08:09 +0000

Voting for separation (as oppose to actually separating) is absolutely in the best interest of most Albertans.

New comment by hodder in "Petition to Withdraw Canada's Bill C-22"

hodder — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:05:35 +0000

You cannot be serious. The Freedom convoy may have been misinformed but the government response was an absolute disaster and the courts have agreed.