No, it's not a waste of time to use normal programming and clever architecture to make big data directly accessible. I know that you can ask ChatGPT to print out what might be chapter 14 from Oliver Twist, but there is value in simply asking relays to show you chapter 14 directly, instead.
Not everything has to be AI.
I guarantee it will hallucinate at least some of the words in a whole chapter of a book
There are AI editions of classics being sold online, as printed books. Some of the text is garbled or hallucinated, or entire chapters are added, that don't actually exist. And lots of fake scientific studies, as well, that never happened and contain complete nonsense.
Also, think about the idiocy of recomputing entire books or journals over and over, rather than simply referring to the original.
People legit like, Why would I read the Bible, when I can just ask Grok about it?
You can literally see the intellectual underclass being formed, in real time. They'll all soon be illiterate.
For me, the best use case for AI is finding things quickly - for example, I forgot the formula for compound decay, can you remind me what it is? Or, is there a library in Python that will do x so that i don't need to reinvent the wheel?
That is, as an accelerator for work that I will then do myself.
I've found vibe coding is still too unreliable to be workable. Save only for small things like, let's say, one-off functions or website components. But for making entire systems that work well, it has some ways to go.
Agreed. I cannot even believe people would be trying to argue against this.
Ai is NOT a source of truth on many fronts. We must remain grounded and connected to our own pathways to information.
But I want the rap version of Oliver Twist.
“Oliver Twist – Chapter 14 Flow”
(Original rap inspired by the events of the chapter)
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[Verse 1]
Yo, Oliver’s healing, outta that pain,
In Brownlow’s crib, feelin’ human again.
Kindness hits harder than a London rain,
From the streets to the warmth, it’s a whole new lane.
But deep in the shadows, Fagin’s on the creep,
Can’t let the boy go, got secrets to keep.
Bill Sikes lurkin’, Nancy’s eyes weep,
They plannin’ a snatch while the city don’t sleep.
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[Chorus]
From the cold stone floor to a feather bed,
From hunger pains to a plate of bread,
London’s got angels, London’s got snakes,
Trust is a gamble that a poor boy takes.
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[Verse 2]
Brownlow’s kindness, it ain’t no act,
But the past got claws, and it’s pullin’ him back.
Fagin spins tales in a smoke-filled shack,
Wants Oliver returnin’ to the criminal track.
Nancy’s torn, got a heart that’s real,
But the life she’s in got a chain of steel.
Oliver’s dreamin’ of a world to feel
Safe and clean—like a brand-new deal.
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[Bridge]
Two worlds, one boy, one fragile choice,
One side’s kindness, the other’s that voice
Sayin’ “Stick with the crew, it’s the only way,”
But Oliver’s hopin’ for a brighter day.
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[Chorus]
From the cold stone floor to a feather bed,
From hunger pains to a plate of bread,
London’s got angels, London’s got snakes,
Trust is a gamble that a poor boy takes.
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[Outro]
So here’s where we stand, tension’s tight,
Storm clouds gather in the dead of night.
Oliver’s future’s hangin’ in sight,
Will it be the dark… or the guiding light?
NFDB fixes this
