If the author is here, please could you also confirm you’ve never been paid by any AI company, marketing representative, community programme, in any shape or form?
If the author is here, please could you also confirm you’ve never been paid by any AI company, marketing representative, community programme, in any shape or form?
I don't think you appreciate how un-bribeable this particular author is, and I don't just mean in a moral sense.
He explicitly said "I don't work for, invest in, or advise any AI companies." in the article.
But yes, Hashimoto is a high profile CEO/CTO who may well have an indirect, or near-future interest in talking up AI. HN articles extoling the productivity gains of Claude on HN do generally tend to be from older, managerial types (make of that what you will).
What made me feel old today: seeing a 36-year-old referred to as an older type
Bit strange that you are skeptical by default.
Isn't skeptical by default quite reasonable?
Probably exhausting to be that way. The author is well respected and well known and has a good track record. My immediate reaction wasn’t to question that he spoke in good faith.
I don’t know the author, and am suspicious of the amount of astroturfing that has gone on with AI. This article seems reasonable so I looked for a disclaimed and found it oddly worded, hence the request for clarification.
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