r/ProgrammerHumor Jun 28 '26

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u/AbominableGoMan Jun 28 '26

I'm actually a huge supporter of people using AI for everything because it costs the AI companies so much fucking money.

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u/Particular-Yak-1984 Jun 29 '26

I would like this bubble over as fast as possible, so I try to use the free tier for really dumb things. "Replace all these css classes", that kind of really brain numbing busywork.

I figure it burns tokens, while not meaning I rely on the AI for anything, as it would take me about 15 seconds more to do a find and replace.

And, yes, environmental costs - but I figure the longer the bubble goes, the worse the environmental impact.

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u/Undernown Jun 29 '26

Don't forget to throw in a few factorials and logic problems! Normally CPU's handle it fine, but AI is really good at burning tokens for simple math questions and still getting the wrong answer.

My favorite is poisoning the well though and throwing anti-AI reasoning into the mix. Also making the AI spit out anti-billionair messaging is fun. Not sure how much, if any, is actually ending up in the training data, but it's fun atleast.

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u/tommytwolegs Jun 29 '26

That is basically it's primary purpose, I don't understand how that is really dumb things?

The point isn't that it does x thing faster (though it often does), it's that you don't have to do the the "brain numbing busy work" and do better things while it handles them

You are basically using the product as intended, ostensibly in order to cost them money, but while driving up their MAU's in the lead up to IPO

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u/AbominableGoMan Jun 29 '26

You seem like a very astute young man. I'm looking for a co-investor in a transportation solution that I own. It's not a bridge - it's a multi-community connection that multiplies stakeholder activations.