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New comment by sheeh in "Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:35:20 +0000

And what do you think investors in OAI et al are expecting?

New comment by sheeh in "AI generated music barred from Bandcamp"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:19:27 +0000

Spot on Sir

New comment by sheeh in "Why we don’t use AI"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:50:49 +0000

Making good software isn’t what matters in most workplaces - making software that works (even if you have taped over the cracks) is.

It’s always been this way in toxic workplaces - LLM’s amplify this.

New comment by sheeh in "Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:22:00 +0000

As someone who is more involved in shaping the product direction rather than engineering what composes the product - I will readily admit many product people are utterly, utterly clueless.

Most people have no clue the craftsmanship, work etc it takes to create a great product. LLMs are not going to change this, in fact they serve as a distraction.

I’m not a SWE so I gain nothing by being bearish on the contributions of LLMs to the real economy ;)

New comment by sheeh in "Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:13:41 +0000

AI first of all is not a technology.

Can people get their words straight before typing?

New comment by sheeh in "Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:11:27 +0000

They are focused on reducing costs in order to survive. Pure and simple.

Alphabet / Google doesn’t have that issue. OAI and other money losing firms do.

New comment by sheeh in "Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:08:19 +0000

Yep. Let’s see the projects and more importantly the incremental returns…

New comment by sheeh in "Why we don’t use AI"

sheeh — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:04:03 +0000

There’s a weird thing going on - I can see value in using LLM’s to put something together so you can see it rather than investing time to do it properly initially.

But to just copy, paste and move on… terrible.

New comment by sheeh in "AI generated music barred from Bandcamp"

sheeh — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:22:41 +0000

You are correct. I wouldn’t waste your time arguing with people who don’t get it.

Those people don’t tend to have a good understanding of what most humans like and why they like stuff like music.

New comment by sheeh in "AI generated music barred from Bandcamp"

sheeh — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:14:39 +0000

I wonder why the head honchos of the music industry haven’t come together and put together an alternative to Spotify’s increasingly AI-slop platform

New comment by sheeh in "AI generated music barred from Bandcamp"

sheeh — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:12:53 +0000

Nah

New comment by sheeh in "AI generated music barred from Bandcamp"

sheeh — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:09:03 +0000

Auto tune is not what makes a song a hit. What make a song a hit is the fact that the person who injected the use of auto tune has taste.

This seems to fly over the heads of many. art is about taste.

New comment by sheeh in "OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M"

sheeh — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:01:26 +0000

Looks like OAI is really desperate to find its place in the world that matches up to investor expectations of future cash flows.

How long till the investors finally start to believe it ain’t happening?