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this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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someone on HN or LW posted a piece about how they'd tried to get chatgpt to design a machine part, and it had hilariously failed (impossible machine paths, too thin material etc)
some nimrod suggested skilled machinists be outfitted with pressure sensing gloves and cameras and patiently explain eahc machining step so the LLMs could take their jobs
That's not just smart, that's capital-J Jenius.
I do believe that's literally how the automation dystopia began in Vonnegut's Player Piano.
I expected a willingness from HN users to backstab the working class, but I didn't expect something this blatantly half-baked.
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